lizardness

English

Etymology

From lizard +‎ -ness.

Noun

lizardness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being a lizard.
   • 1982, Aharōn Megged, Asahel: A Novel, page 56:

     A word that expresses precisely the essence of lizardness, for he lies listlessly in the sand and then, suddenly, he zips onward to some unknown spot

   • 1995, Gary Paul Nabhan, Stephen Trimble, The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places, page 154:

     The lizardness within us is our wild side.

   • 2014, Michael Szenberg, Lall Ramrattan, Robert M. Solow, Secrets of Economics Editors, page 173:

     Now that many of us have met the minimal graduate school standards of lizardness, we have seen that whatever our own degree of lizardness, there are always bigger lizards scampering around the academic terrarium.

Related terms

• lizardom