Hippocrepiform
(Hip`po*crep`i*form) a. [Gr. "i`ppos horse + shoe + -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a horseshoe.

Hippocrepiform


Sounds like a hippopotamus creeping toward something trying to take it by surprise.

This is actually a very useful word, and I don't think tsuwm should use it in his lexicon. I mean, how many times have you spotted a horseshoe-shaped object and had an overwhelming desire for a perfect adjective to describe that shape!? Now we've got the word! Hippocrepiform. Got it! Would also make a terrific object to find on a scavenger hunt: 1. Any hippocrepiform object.

you spotted a horseshoe-shaped object and had an overwhelming desire for a perfect adjective to describe that shape!?

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Dear Faldage: don't try to make a lyre out of Wordwind.

"horseshoe-shaped" = (not) hippocrepiform

Hippocrepiform has one few letters, not counting the hyphen. Hippocrepiform, therefore, is a more economical adjective. However, 'horseshoe-shaped' has two fewer syllables, so it depends upon what you're counting and how you define your economic needs.

it depends upon what you're counting and how you define your economic needs.

And how many people you want to understand you.