Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

testudinarious

/ˌtɛsˌtjudəˈnɛɹi.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tes-tu-di-nar-i-ous
IPA: /ˌtɛsˌtjudəˈnɛɹi.əs/

15

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise.

adj

Example Sentences

"But the mists had not managed to suck from them their testudinarious colours."
"at times the watching throng of newspersons and police became decidedly impatient with our testudinarious pace"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: testūdō
Suffix: -ary

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌtɛsˌtjudəˈnɛɹi.əs/
British English: /ˌtɛsˌtjuːdɪˈnɛəɹi.əs/

Inflected Forms

more testudinarious (comparative) most testudinarious (superlative)

Rhymes With

various hilarious precarious aquarius nefarious vicarious calcareous stradivarius multifarious belisarius carious sicarius

Questions

How do you pronounce testudinarious?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtɛsˌtjudəˈnɛɹi.əs/.
What does testudinarious mean?: Resembling or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise.
Where does testudinarious come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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