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Apr 9, 2007

This week's theme
Words that seem risque

This week's words
testaceous
titivate
vomitorium
cockshut
turdiform

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Some self-professed protectors of human sensibilities felt that the book ought not to be in libraries -- they felt the book was inappropriate for children. Imagine if kids learned a straightforward word to describe a part of human body! Who knows, they might be scarred for life.

Well, this week's words are an antidote for such thinking. These are words that may sound risque but aren't. And if you find you haven't received the newsletter a few days this week, it's probably your email filter, working hard to protect you from getting corrupted by these words.

testaceous

adjective:
1. Having a shell.
2. Having the reddish brown color of bricks or baked clay.

From Latin testa (shell).

"I am informed by Mr. F. Smith that the male ants of several species are black, the females being testaceous."
Charles Darwin; The Descent Of Man; 1871.

See more usage examples of testaceous in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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