Stilliform Means Drop-Shaped

I think one of the most beautiful words in the English language is the word stiliform.

Do you know this word, Grant?

Stiliform.

Stiliform.

That actually sounds bad.

It sounds like a medical problem.

No, it’s actually quite lovely.

Stiliform means drop-shaped.

It’s from the Latin stilla, which means drop.

And it’s a relative of drippy words like distill, which means to drip down, and to instill, which means to put in drop by drop.

I just think it’s so lovely.

S-T-I-L-L-I-F-O-R-M.

It has those beautiful long, thin letters in the middle.

Like they’re kind of dripping.

So if someone is a drip, you can call them stiliform, and they won’t know that they’re supposed to be offended.

I suppose that’s true.

My, you’re still a form, yes.

I like that too.

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