This week’s theme
Weird plurals

This week’s words
stigma
ala
stratum
gutta
charisma

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(GUHT-uh)
plural guttae (GUHT-ee)

MEANING:

noun:
1. A drop.
2. One of a series of ornaments, typically in the shape of a truncated cone on buildings (in the Doric order in classical architecture).

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin gutta (drop). Earliest documented use: 1398.

USAGE:

“Guttae occasionally are pyramid-shaped with flat sides rather than cones or cylinders.”
Stephen Mouzon & Susan Henderson; Traditional Construction Patterns; McGraw-Hill; 2004.

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