testudinarious
UK/ˌtɛsˌtjuːdɪˈnɛəɹi.əs/US/ˌtɛsˌtjudəˈnɛɹi.əs/
testudinarious adjective: resembling or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise.
Adjective
testudinarious (comparative more testudinarious, superlative most testudinarious)
- Resembling or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise.
- But the mists had not managed to suck from them their testudinarious colours.2011, Angela Huth, Sun Child
- tortoise-like
- at times the watching throng of newspersons and police became decidedly impatient with our testudinarious pace1984, Ted A. Rathbun, Jane E. Buistra, Human Identification: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology
Forms of testudinarious
| comparative | more testudinarious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most testudinarious |
Origin of testudinarious
From Latin testūdin- + -ary + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin testūdō, from testa.
Words that rhyme with testudinarious
- cibarious
- scarious
- Stradivarius
- tartareous
- vagarious
- vicarious
- Aquarius
- atrabilarious
- calcareous
- contrarious
- hilarious
- lampadarius
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- librarius
- malarious
- multifarious
- omnifarious
- precarious
- riparious
- various
- acinarious
- adversarious
- anticarious
- apocrisarius
- apocrisiarius
- arbitrarious
- arenarious
- argillocalcareous
- armarius
- assarius
- atramentarious
- Belisarius
- bordarius
- burglarious
- caeremoniarius
- calcarious
- carious
- confessarius
- corneo-calcareous
- cotarius
- duplicarius
- filarious
- fimetarious
- frumentarious
- glareous
- howlarious
- lapidarious
- librarious
- multivarious
- nectareous
- nectarious
- nefarious
- nightmarious
- noncalcareous
- noncarious
- nongregarious
- nonmalarious
- nonvicarious
- octarius
- octofarious
- octonarius
Questions about testudinarious
- What does testudinarious mean?
- Testudinarious means resembling or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise.
- What part of speech is testudinarious?
- Testudinarious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce testudinarious?
- Testudinarious is pronounced /ˌtɛsˌtjuːdɪˈnɛəɹi.əs/ (UK).
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