guttate

[prettygoodword]

guttate - adj., resembling or having the shape of a drop; spotted as if by drops.


Not originally drop-shaped -- from Latin guttātus speckled, spotted. Somehow the meaning shifted the other way, though.

---L.

Comments

[packbat.livejournal.com]

That's quite poetic.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Isn't it? Though I keep wanting to apply it to a teardrop tatto on someone's cheek.

---L.