gutta

American  

[guht-uh] / ˈgʌt ə /

noun

plural

guttae

1. a drop, or something resembling one.

2. Also called drop.  Architecture. one of a series of pendent ornaments, generally in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the undersides of the mutules of the Doric entablature.

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gutta British  

/ ˈɡʌtə /

noun

1. architect one of a set of small droplike ornaments, esp as used on the architrave of a Doric entablature

2.  gt.  med (formerly used in writing prescriptions) a technical name for drop

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Etymology

Origin of gutta

1350–1400; Middle English goute, gutta < Latin gutta a drop

Example Sentences

Evolutions are always preferable to revolutions and gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2022

It was also an impressive feat, given that Terry and his teammates were hitting rubberlike gutta percha balls with handmade wooden-shafted clubs that, instead of numbers, bore names like brassie, niblick, spoon and cleek.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2021

He used a replica of the gutta percha golf ball.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2021

It’s one thing for golf to evolve from gutta percha to polyurethane, from niblicks to hybrids, from hickory to graphite.

From Washington Times • Jul. 16, 2014

When exposed to air and light, gutta percha rapidly deteriorates, oxygen being absorbed, producing a brittle resinous material.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various