Ovalicious

I thought it was a simple system. How do you say something is circle-shaped? You say "circular." If an object is triangle-shaped, you say "triangular." So if an object is oval-shaped, you say "ovul..."

Wait, that sounds like something else.

Turns out there IS a word for "oval-shaped" (other than "oval-shaped," which you could ARGUE is one word based on the hyphen, but you'd be totally wrong and significantly less handsome than I am for saying so). The word is "oviform," which means... "formed like an oval."


Actually, now I'm wondering if there's a linguistic connection between the words "oval" (which you teach to a preschooler) and "ova" (which your preschooler asks you about and you blush). There probably is, but I don't wanna look it up.

*EDIT* - Apparently, the words ARE connected. Thanks, heidikins!