puncta to striate (pungkta to str i at)

Same as punctate - striate. a. puncta to sulcate (pungk-tā" tō-sulʼkā Same as punctate - sulcate. puncticular (pungk-tik'ū-lär), a. [ The puncticular originals of periwinkles and gnats. Sir T. Browne , Urn-burial, iii. puncticulate (pungk-tik'ū-lāt), a . [ * puncticulatus , * puncticulum , dim. of L. punc tum , point: see point1 .] Minutely punctate; punctulate. Punctidæ (pungk'ti-dē), n. pl. [NL., punctiform (pungk'ti-fôrm), a. [L. punctum, point, + form a, form.] Like a point or dot; having the character of a point; located in a point. A punctiform sensation of cold is experienced. Science , VII. 459. punctigerous (pungk-tij'e-rus), a. [L. punc tum, point, + gerere, carry.] Having a small simple eye or eye-spot, without a lens: opposed to len tiger ous. Encyc. Brit., XVI. 680. punctilio (pungk-til'iō), n. [Formerly alsopune tillo; In that punctilio of time wherein the bullets struck him he is in an instant disanimated. The Unhappy Marksman, 1659 (Harl. Misc., IV. 4). ( Davies.) 2. A nice point, especially in conduct, ceremony, or proceeding; also, particularity or exactne in the observance of forms. Where reputation is, almost every thing be cometh; but where that is not, it must be supplied by punctilios and compliments. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. 308. 'Sdeath! to trifle with me at such a juncture as this now to stand on punctilios -love me! I don't believe she ever did. Sheridan , The Duenna, i. 2. Societies Polished in arts, and in punctilio versed. Words worth, Prelude, ix.