Dec. 11th, 2007

guttate

Dec. 11th, 2007 07:25 am
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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.
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