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guttiform (GUHT-uh-fawrm) - adj., shaped like a drop.
Compare alternative forms guttate and guttulous, both same meaning, and lacriform, which is specifically teardrop-shaped. I am actually a little confused as to whether guttiform is a synonym of lacriform or means more the actual physical shape of e.g. raindrops, which are more slightly flattened spheres (and don't have the pointed top of the "teardrop" shape). I think synonym, but it's a rare enough word, all but obsolete, that dictionaries aren't being helpful. Both are from Latin roots, fwiw, gutta meaning drop as in a drop of water (but also teardrop) and lacrima meaning tear.
---L.
Compare alternative forms guttate and guttulous, both same meaning, and lacriform, which is specifically teardrop-shaped. I am actually a little confused as to whether guttiform is a synonym of lacriform or means more the actual physical shape of e.g. raindrops, which are more slightly flattened spheres (and don't have the pointed top of the "teardrop" shape). I think synonym, but it's a rare enough word, all but obsolete, that dictionaries aren't being helpful. Both are from Latin roots, fwiw, gutta meaning drop as in a drop of water (but also teardrop) and lacrima meaning tear.
---L.
