lizard
English
/ˈlɪz.əd/, /ˈlɪz.ɚd/
noun
Definitions
- Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail.
- (chiefly) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
- (colloquial) An unctuous person.
- (colloquial) A coward.
- (rock paper scissors) A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- (in compounds) A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous female.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lesarde derived from lusard derived from Old French lesard derived from Latin lacertus (lizard, upper arm, limb, arm).
Origin
Latin
lacertus
Gloss
lizard, upper arm, limb, arm
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
肢
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Lizardbreath English
- breath English
- fish English
- folk English
- lacertus English
- lizardfish English
- lizardfolk English
- lizardless English
- lizardlike English
- lizardling English
- lizardly English
- lizardman English
- lizardness English
- lizardom English
- lizardry English
- lizardskin English
- lizardy English
- man English
- skin English
- *lacartus Latin
- lacertus Latin
- lacerto Italian
- lucertolo Italian
- lacerte French
- lézard French
- el Spanish, Castilian
- el lagarto Spanish, Castilian
- リザード Japanese
- リザードマン Japanese
- lesarde Middle English
- laghairt Irish
- lacerte Old French
- lesard Old French
- lezart Old French
- lacerto Esperanto
- lezar Turkish
- laghairt Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- lêzarde Norman
- lezart Middle French
- lusard xno
- lačas Dalmatian
- lezar Mauritian Creole
- lézard Louisiana Creole French
- lezar Seychellois Creole
- lezèrd Franco-Provençal