testudinal
\te-STOOD-n-l, -STYOOD-\
adjective
1. pertaining to or resembling a tortoise or tortoise shell.
Quotes
Once Mrs. Buckland found herself being shaken awake in the middle of the night, her husband crying in excitement: “My dear, I believe that Cheirotherium’s footsteps are undoubtedly testudinal.” … Mrs. Buckland made a flour paste, which she spread across the table, while the Reverend Buckland fetched the family tortoise.
-- Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, 2003
Origin of testudinal
Testudinal derives from the Latin word for "tortoise," testūdō. It entered English in the early 1800s.
Friday, September 30, 2016
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Stunning #sunsets = one of the many amazing things to enjoy @OlympicNP by Grant Longenbaugh #Washington pic.twitter.com/i8xKB9kIuo
— US Dept of Interior (@Interior) September 28, 2016
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Scenic views & vibrant fall colors 🍁🍂 await at Table Rocks Wilderness in #Oregon pic.twitter.com/rgLenynmU9
— US Dept of Interior (@Interior) September 28, 2016
Tucked away in the southwest corner @YellowstoneNPS is a gem of a waterfall: Union Falls by H. Kajitani pic.twitter.com/crgcrVytRI
— US Dept of Interior (@Interior) September 26, 2016
Word of the Day
eristic \e-RIS-tik\
adjective
1. Also, eristical. pertaining to controversy or disputation; controversial.
noun
1. a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
2. the art of disputation.
Quotes: Does free speech tend to move toward the truth or away from it? When does it evolve into a better collective understanding? When does it collapse into the Babel of trolling, the pointless and eristic game of talking the other guy into crying “uncle”?
-- Mattathias Schwartz, "The Trolls Among Us," New York Times, August 3, 2008
Origin of eristic: Eristic can be traced to the Greek adjective eristikós meaning "fond of wrangling" and further to the Greek noun éris meaning "discord." It entered English in the 1630s.
adjective
1. Also, eristical. pertaining to controversy or disputation; controversial.
noun
1. a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
2. the art of disputation.
Quotes: Does free speech tend to move toward the truth or away from it? When does it evolve into a better collective understanding? When does it collapse into the Babel of trolling, the pointless and eristic game of talking the other guy into crying “uncle”?
-- Mattathias Schwartz, "The Trolls Among Us," New York Times, August 3, 2008
Origin of eristic: Eristic can be traced to the Greek adjective eristikós meaning "fond of wrangling" and further to the Greek noun éris meaning "discord." It entered English in the 1630s.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016
A powerful lightning storm ⚡️ lights up the sky over @ArchesNPS! Pic by David Lane #Utah #weather pic.twitter.com/oO3M12JcNm
— US Dept of Interior (@Interior) September 19, 2016
Monday, September 19, 2016
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is 20 years old today. Have you taken your #Utah adventure yet? pic.twitter.com/k9cKcTefFW
— US Dept of Interior (@Interior) September 18, 2016
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Another car park, another King: 'Henry I's remains' found beneath tarmac at Reading Gaol
Archaeologists have discovered what could be King Henry’s remains languishing beneath a Ministry of Justice car park on the site of Reading prison.
A series of graves has been discovered by archaeologists using ground-penetrating radar (GPR), during an exploration of the site containing the ruins of Reading Abbey.
They came across the graves, along with a number of other potentially significant archaeological finds, while scanning tarmacked land close to the Abbey’s High Altar.
Friday, September 16, 2016
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