Testudinarious

//ˌtɛsˌtjuːdɪˈnɛəɹi.əs// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise.

    "But the mists had not managed to suck from them their testudinarious colours."

  2. 2
    tortoise-like rare

    "at times the watching throng of newspersons and police became decidedly impatient with our testudinarious pace"

Synonyms

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testudinaltestudinaltestudinatetestudinate

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"But the mists had not managed to suck from them their testudinarious colours."

Etymology

From Latin testūdō (“tortoise”).

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