lizard

Meaning

1. Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or an amphisbaenian, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail.
2. Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
3. (colloquial) An unctuous person.
4. (colloquial) A coward.
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 female.

Synonyms

gecko

salamander

chameleon

monitor lizard

newt

house lizard

saurian

animal

🐾

lounge lizard

iguana

goanna

bluetongue

small

smooth

striped

swift

water dog

worm

🪱

agama lizard

croc

very small

small lizard

a small reptile

press up

agama

scaled reptile

basilisk

big

earthworms

eft

gigolo

grass snake

pangolin

push up

reptile

rough

skink

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɪz.əd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lesarde

Cognate with French: lézard

In summary

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).