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testudinate (te-STOOD-in-ayt) adjective, also testudinal or testudinarian
1. Slow-moving, like a turtle. 2. Curved like the carapace (shell) of a turtle; vaulted. noun A turtle. [From Late Latin testudinatus, from Latin testudo (tortoise).] "President Bill Clinton, that testudinate jogger who would be Our Leader, was soundly thrashed in the off-year elections ..." Robert Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., The Continuing Crisis, American Spectator, Jan 1994. This week's theme: animal words. ............................................................................ A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works. -Bill Vaughan, journalist (1915-1977) Subscribe: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html Unsubscribe: http://wordsmith.org/awad/unsubscribe.html Gift subscription: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Add AWAD to your Website: http://wordsmith.org/awad/add.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/testudinate.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/testudinate.ram
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