Monday Word: Guttiform

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

guttiform [guht-uh-fawrm ]

adjective
1. shaped like a drop

examples
1. The slow drip froze and thawed alternately, leading to guttiform shapes that gradually covered the entire surface.
2. While earlier work has typically scored scale shape qualitatively (e.g. circular, oval, elongated, guttiform), it would be opportune for future comparative studies to make use of modern methods to quantify shape, such as the EFA described in the present study to precisely quantify interspecific shape variation and increase statistical power. Ontogenetic scaling patterns of lizard skin surface structure as revealed by gel-based stereo-profilometry (2019)

origin
probably from (assumed) New Latin guttiformis, from New Latin gutti- (from Latin gutta drop) + Latin -formis -form

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Lovely word and perfect picture!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you!

[full_metal_ox]

Guttiform quilt pattern by Tula Pink, interpreted by Teresa Silva; source: http://quiltingismybliss.blogspot.com/2012/05/rain-drop-quilt.html

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Very pretty!

[full_metal_ox]

As is yours; that rose leaf beaded with neatly aligned fat limpid raindrops looks like an Art Nouveau pendant waiting to happen.

(I love pictures of rose foliage as a demonstration of one way red and green can not only avoid looking like Christmas but be delicate and harmonious; the secret is all the intermediate gradations of russet, brown, gray, sage, and even (if your red and green are cool) purple and teal.)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

That's very interesting what you say about red and green.

[full_metal_ox]

Color is a Special Interest of mine and I fear I can be a pontificating windbag about it if given a cue.

[sallymn]

Fun word to say!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

True!

[med_cat]

An excellent scientific word :)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you!