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triform, a.|ˈtraɪfɔːm|
[ad. L. triformis, f. tri- + forma form: cf. F. triforme (15th c. in Godef.), perh. the source in quot. c 1450.]
1. Having a triple form; combining three different forms; formed or composed in three parts.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun 683 This temple of Salomon had on it pynacles thre Be whilk the triforme Auriole of marye takened may be. 1660Stanley Hist. Philos. ix. (1701) 379/2 Something which hath beginning, middle and end. To such a form and nature they attributed the number Three, saying, That whatsoever hath a middle is triform. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. v. 673 Centaurs, and Scyllas, and Chimæras,..mixtly boviform and hominiform, biform and triform animals. 1805–17R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 3) 202 A crystal is said to be..Bi-form, tri-form, when it contains a combination of two or three remarkable forms.
2. Existing or appearing in three different forms.
1623Cockeram, Triforme, hauing three formes or fashions. 1667Milton P.L. iii. 730 The neighbouring Moon..With borrowd light her countenance triform Hence fills and empties. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §17. 304 Damascius..tells us..that Orpheus introduced τρίµορϕον θεὸν, a Triform Deity. 1684T. Burnet Th. Earth i. 164 This epistle..taught that the heavens and the earth had chang'd their form, and would do so again..; so as the same world would be triform in success of time. 1742tr. Algarotti on ‘Newton's Theory’ II. 161 Her triform Goddess we before admired. 1847J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art §206 In the representation of the tri-form Hecate. 1867–77G. F. Chambers Astron. i. xii. 136, I [Galileo] have observed the most distant planet [Saturn] to be tri-form. 1879H. W. Warren Recr. Astron. viii. 169 Huyghens..solved the problem of the triform appearance of Saturn.
3. erron. Triangular.
1621J. Taylor (Water P.) Superbiæ Flagellum Wks. 34/2 That heights, depths, bredths, triforme, square, oval, round, And rules Geometricall in beards are found.
So ˈtriformed |-fɔːmd|, triˈformous adjs. in same senses; triˈformity (rare—0) [late L. triformitās (Claudian)], the quality of being triform.
1644Digby Nat. Bodies xxiii. §8. 212 That which is most watry, is fittest to fabricate the body..of the *triformed plant. a1662Heylin Land (1668) 368 Governed by a Tryformed Presbytery of Pastors, Elders, and Deacons. a1739Jarvis Quix. i. iv. xliii. (1885) 242 O thou triformed luminary, bring me sweet tidings of her! 1816G. S. Faber Orig. Pagan Idol. I. 413 She [Sphinx] was likewise triformed, blending together in one figure a lion, a virgin, and a bird.
1727Bailey vol. II, *Triformity, the having three Forms or Shapes.
1841Wilkinson Mann. Egypt. Ser. ii. I. xii. 232 The idea entertained by the Pagan Egyptians of a ‘*triformous Deity’,..who assumed different names according to the triad under which he was represented. |