testudinarious

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testudinarious

/ˌtɛsˌtjuːdɪˈnɛəɹi.əs/ UK
/ˌtɛsˌtjudəˈnɛɹi.əs/ US

Rhymes with -ɛəɹi.əs

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From Latin testūdin- + -ary + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin testūdō, from testa.

adjective more testudinarious · most testudinarious

Resembling or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise. But the mists had not managed to suck from them their testudinarious colours.
rare tortoise-like at times the watching throng of newspersons and police became decidedly impatient with our testudinarious pace

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@misc{testudinarious_2026,
  title = {testudinarious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/testudinarious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}