lizard
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lizard¹
- /ˈlɪzəd/ Australia, British, UK
- [ˈlɪzəd] Australia, British, UK
- /ˈləzəd/ New Zealand
- [ˈləzəd] New Zealand
- /ˈlɪzɚd/ US
- [ˈlɪzɚd] ~ [ˈlɪzɹ̩d] US
- /ˈlɪzəɾd/ Scotland
- [ˈlɪzəɾd] Scotland
Rhymes with -ɪzə(ɹ)d
Where it comes from
From Middle English lesarde, lisarde, from Anglo-Norman lusard, from Old French lesard (compare French lézard), from Latin lacertus, which is of obscure origin. Displaced native Middle English aske, from Old English āþexe (> modern English ask, askard).
noun lizards
- Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or mosasaur—typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless. The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings.
- Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles. Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown
- An unctuous person.
- A coward.
- 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.
- A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous woman. lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard
Lizard²
Where it comes from
Recorded as Lisart 1086 (Domesday Book); a corruption of Cornish Lysardh (literally “high court”), influenced by lizard.
proper noun the Lizard
- A peninsula in southern Cornwall, England.
proper noun
- A village in Landewednack parish, on the peninsula near Lizard Point, Cornwall, the most southerly village in England, also known as Lizard Town (OS grid ref SW7012)
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lounge lizard, whiptail, gecko, iguana, anole, iguanid, bug, sculpin, horn, beef, cool, okay, gila, catch, prey, angle
Translations
Every language
noun reptile
| Español | lagarto, lagartija, chenca (tailless) |
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| 한국어 | 도마뱀 domabaem |
| 日本語 | 蜥蜴 tokage, トカゲ tokage |
| 中文 | 蜥蜴 xīyì |
| हिन्दी | छिपकली chipkalī |
| Kiswahili | mjusi |
| Português | lagarto |
| Français | lézard |
| Deutsch | Eidechse, Echse |
| Italiano | lucertola |
| Ελληνικά | σαύρα sávra |
| Română | șopârlă |
| Русский | я́щерица jáščerica, я́щерка f я́щер jáščerka |
| Tiếng Việt | thằn lằn |
| العربية | سِحْلِيَّة siḥliyya, ضَبّ ḍabb, عَظَاءَة ʕaẓāʔa, بُرْص burṣ |
| עברית | לְטָאָה l'ta'á, חַרְדּוֹן khardón |
noun unctuous person
| 中文 | 油腔滑调的人 yóuqiānghuádiàoderén |
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title = {lizard},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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