reptatorial
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reptatorial
- /ˌɹɛp.təˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əl/ UK
- /ˌɹɛp.təˈtɔ.ɹɪ.əl/ US
Rhymes with -ɔːɹiəl
Where it comes from
From reptatory (“crawling, creeping”) + -al (suffix forming adjectives). Reptatory is probably derived from New Latin reptatorius (used in the binomial nomenclature of species), from Latin rēptātus (“on which one has crawled; where one has swum”) + -tōrius (suffix forming adjectives); rēptātus is the perfect passive participle of rēptō (“to crawl or creep (over or through)”), the frequentative form of rēpō (“to crawl, creep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p-.
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title = {reptatorial},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
