different between gutta vs gutty

English

Etymology

From Middle English gutta, from Latin gutta. Doublet of gout and goutte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t?/

Noun

gutta (plural guttae or guttas)

1. (architecture) A small water-repelling, cone-shaped projection used in the architrave of the Doric order in classical architecture.
2. A small round spot of colour.

Translations

See also

• gutta-percha

Latin

Etymology

Unknown origin. May be related to Old Armenian ???? (kat?n, “milk”), or may have some connection to Proto-Indo-European *??ewd- (“to pour”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??ut.ta/, [???t??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??ut.ta/, [??ut???]

Noun

gutta f (genitive guttae); first declension

1. a drop (of fluid)
2. (in the plural) spots or specks (of an animal or stone)
3. (architecture) a small ornament under the triglyphs of a Doric column

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• gutt?tim
• gutt?tus
• guttula

Descendants

References

• gutta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gutta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gutta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• gutta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• gutta in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• gutta in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• guttene

Pronunciation

Noun

gutta m

1. (non-standard since 1983) definite plural of gutt

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????? (gupta).

Adjective

gutta

1. past participle of gopeti (“to guard”)

Declension

Derived terms

• guttadv?ra (“with well-guarded senses”)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) guota
• (Sutsilvan) guta
• (Surmiran) gotta
• (Puter, Vallader) guotta
• (Puter) aguotta

Etymology

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Noun

gutta f (plural guttas)

1. (carpentry, Rumantsch Grischun) nail

English

Etymology 1

From Latin gutta (“drop (of a liquid)”). Compare French goutte. Compare guttated.

Alternative forms

• goutty

Adjective

gutty (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Charged or sprinkled with drops.

Etymology 2

gut +? -y

Adjective

gutty (comparative more gutty, superlative most gutty)

1. Gutsy; brave.
2. Having a prominent gut.
   • 1958, John M. Kays, Basic animal husbandry (page 269)

     A trim-middled hog will have a higher dressing percentage than a wasty, gutty, paunchy, heavy-middled hog.

Noun

gutty (plural gutties)

1. One who works in a slaughterhouse cutting out the internal organs.

Etymology 3

Perhaps from gutter, or guttersnipe. Or possibly from Irish gaotaire (“a windbag, someone who talks too much”).

Noun

gutty

1. (dialect, Ireland) An urchin or delinquent.
2. (dialect, Ireland) Low-class person.
3. (dialect, Ireland) An unpleasant person.

References