Testaceous
Testaceous
(teh-STAY-shuhs)
Adjective:
-Having a hard outer shell.
-Having the reddish brown color of bricks or baked clay.
From Latin testaceus (from testa ‘tile’) + -ous. Mid 17th century.
Used in a sentence:
“The bells growing louder as the truck crept closer to his block, Fendrel eagerly anticipated the testaceous chocolate of his favorite ice-cream cone.”
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