guttatim

[ guh-tey-tuhm, -tah- ]

adverb

1. (in prescriptions) drop by drop.

Word History and Origins

Origin of guttatim¹

First recorded in 1685–95, guttatim is from the Latin word guttātim

Example Sentences

Gokul Venkatachalam, who usually spelled and quizzed pronouncer Jacques Bailly in a deadpan monotone, had a quick one-liner when he got the word “guttatim,” which means drop by drop.

From Washington Times

Further, the principal notion in gutta is that of smallness, hence guttatim means drop by drop; whereas in stilla the principal notion is that of humidity, hence stillatim means trickling or dripping.

From Project Gutenberg

The wound healed up; but by degrees, the passage contracted, so that in May, 1819, the patient could pass his urine only guttatim, with pain and difficulty, and was threatened with inflammation, &c. of the perineum.

From Project Gutenberg

Pluvia, 4. et Imber, stillat e Nube, guttatim.

From Project Gutenberg

Sic tractatos, pice oleoue feruenti guttatim perfundebant; salita post aqua corpus abluebant, et in mensa tamdiu relinquebant, quamdiu dolorem ferre posse putarentur.

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