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lizard.

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.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɪzəd/Australia, British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard[ˈlɪzəd]Australia, British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard/ˈləzəd/New-Zealand[ˈləzəd]New-Zealand
  1. 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.

  2. Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.

    attributive
  3. An unctuous person.

    colloquial
  4. A coward.

    colloquial
  5. 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.

  6. A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous woman.

    in-compounds
    lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard
Where this word 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).

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