reptilianness

reptilian +‎ -ness

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛpˈtɪl.i.ən.nɪs/

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• Hyphenation: rep‧til‧i‧an‧ness

reptilianness (uncountable)

1. The quality of having reptile characteristics.
   • 1973, Sarah Lyddon Morrison, The Modern Witch's Spellbook‎, page 135:

     And it wasn't just because he took her to the theater, the best movies, the most expensive restaurants (which reptile people always do to make up for their reptilianness).

   • 2000, James Blish, A Case of Conscience‎, page 148:

     That the combination was perfectly capable of overriding any repugnance people might feel toward his additionally overwhelming reptilianness had already been demonstrated, in response to his first interview on 3-V.

   • 2005, William Fish, Philosophy of Perception: A Contemporary Introduction‎, page 25:

     The first option would require that we are aware of properties such as clumsiness, reptilianness, and felineness by being aware of objects that actually possess those properties.

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