testudineousadj.

/tɛstjuːˈdɪniːəs/

Etymology: < Latin testūdineus, < testudo n., testūdin-em : see -eous suffix.

1. Resembling the shell of a tortoise, or a testudo.In Bailey, Johnson, and later dictionaries.

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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Testudineous,..belonging to, or bowing like the shell of a tortoise, vaulted. Also pertaining to that ancient war-engine called Testudo.

2. Slow, dilatory, like the pace of a tortoise.

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the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective]

unwinged1613

tortoise-like1645

testudineousa1652

pottering1821

soodly1821

snailish1889

glacial1922

a1652 R. Brome Love-sick Court iii. iii. 133 in Five New Playes (1659) With a countenance dejected, And testudineous pace.

1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table ii. 35 I don't think there is one of our boarders quite so testudineous as I am.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	testudineous
释义	testudineousadj. /tɛstjuːˈdɪniːəs/ Etymology: < Latin testūdineus, < testudo n., testūdin-em : see -eous suffix. 1. Resembling the shell of a tortoise, or a testudo.In Bailey, Johnson, and later dictionaries. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Testudineous,..belonging to, or bowing like the shell of a tortoise, vaulted. Also pertaining to that ancient war-engine called Testudo. 2. Slow, dilatory, like the pace of a tortoise. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] unwinged1613 tortoise-like1645 testudineousa1652 pottering1821 soodly1821 snailish1889 glacial1922 a1652 R. Brome Love-sick Court iii. iii. 133 in Five New Playes (1659) With a countenance dejected, And testudineous pace. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table ii. 35 I don't think there is one of our boarders quite so testudineous as I am. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.a1652
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