difformadj.

Brit.

/dɪˈfɔːm/, U.S.

/dɪˈfɔrm/

Forms: 1500s dyfforme, 1500s–1600s difforme, 1600s diforme, 1600s– difform.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin difformis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin difformis dissimilar in form (frequently from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin dif- dif- prefix + forma form n. Compare Middle French, French difforme (13th cent. in Old French). Compare earlier deform adj.

1. Of diverse forms or types; differing in form, nature, or quality. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > miscellaneous or heterogeneous

difform1525

maslin1590

several1590

heterogeneana1601

miscellane1603

heterogeneal1605

miscellaneous1615

heterogeneous1629

miscellany1629

miscellanean1632

miscellaneal1633

stromatic1656

sundry1678

heterogenous1695

sorted1697

well-assorted1757

various1772

misc.1806

variegated1815

olla-podrida-ish1827

unhomogeneousa1830

olla-podridical1830

heterologous1834

non-homogeneous1853

cut-and-paste1864

assorted1897

sorty1899

inhomogeneous1904

1525 T. Rychard Walton's Bk. Comfort iii. sig. Iij The simplicite of god..vpon hoos vniformyte al difforme & variable thynges ben ryghted & reduced.

1547 R. Record Vrinal of Physick f. 47^v Other difforme contentes there be also.

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxvi. 300 The dif-form consistence..of the Air at several distances from us.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 38 The pleasures of the multitude are difforme and repugnant to each other.

1704 I. Newton Opticks ii. 46 The unequal refractions of difform rays proceed not from any contingent irregularities.

1879 T. Harper Metaphysics of School iii. iii. 445 The conceptual representation would be difform from the object which the intellect intends to represent.

2006 T. E. Hill ‘She, This in Blak’ iii. 45 A calculatory mode of thinking..where complex objects with difform qualities could be quantified and ‘solved’.

2. Of motion: that varies in speed or velocity over time. Cf. uniform adj. 3. Now historical. [Historians of science use the terms uniformly difform and difformly difform to translate post-classical Latin uniformiter difformis and difformiter difformis (14th cent. in British and continental sources); compare quots. 1990, 1999.]

ΚΠ

1631 W. Twisse Discov. D. Iacksons Vanitie ii. x. 404 Whether motion be uniforme or difforme, swift or slow.

1669 T. Gale tr. J. de Serres in Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. iv. 338 As for the other motion, θατέρου, difforme [L. hunc vero .i. θατέρου motum], it..variously hurries the whole Vniverse.

1735 J. Jackson Diss. Matter & Spirit 9 Motion also..may be various and difform in the same Being at the same Time.

1919 A. Einstein in N.Y. Times 3 Dec. 19/1 Difform motion will in every case produce the same effects as gravitation.

1990 N. Kretzmann & B. E. Kretzmann in tr. R. Kilvington Sophismata 264 If it is literally true that ‘S begins to move now’,..his motion is difformly difform, intensifying as rapidly as possible to 100 mpd [= miles per day] and diminishing uniformly thereafter until S comes to a stop.

1999 J. E. McClellan & H. Dorn Sci. & Technol. World Hist. iii. x. 191 (caption) Nicole Oresme (1320–82)..called it uniformly difform motion; we call it constant acceleration.

3. Without symmetry or regularity of parts; not uniform throughout; having an irregular form or shape. Frequently Botany (cf. uniform adj. 2b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > lack of shape > [adjective]

huelessa1100

shapelessa1400

globose?a1425

deformed1555

fashionless1581

disformed1591

formless1591

unshapeful1598

figureless1606

informous1610

proportionless1625

unbodied1630

unshapable1630

misshapen1640

unshapeless1640

difform1644

inform1654

difformed1665

amorphous1727

amorphic1856

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xvii. 155 What a difforme nette with a strange variety of mashes would this be?

1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 929 A difform or Papilionaceous Flower.

1707 S. Clarke Third Def. Argument 9 If the Parts be dissimilar, then the Substance is difform or Heterogeneous.

1763 J. Wheeler Botanist's & Gardener's New Dict. 109/2 The compound flower is tubulated, and difform.

1829 London Encycl. VII. 247/1 A difform flower, of which the leaves are unlike each other.

1845 E. Robinson Whitehall I. iv. 31 A huge difform mass of steel and adamant.

1905 Bryologist 8 87 The difform or variously irregular forms [of apothecium] as in Arthonia.

1990 K. U. Kramer in K. Kubitzki Families & Genera Vascular Plants I. 169/1 Fertile leaves weakly to strongly difform.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† difformv.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin difformare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin difformare (from 14th cent. in British and continental sources), either < difformis difform adj. or an alteration (after dif- dif- prefix) of classical Latin dēformāre deform v.¹ Compare Middle French difformer (a1328 in Old French or Middle French; French difformer ; probably < post-classical Latin difformare ). Compare deform v.¹

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To bring out of conformity or agreement. Cf. difformity n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > disarrange [verb (transitive)]

disarraya1387

difforma1425

disrank1602

discompose1611

unrank1611

dismarshall1630

deform1725

disarrange1744

disrange1775

derange1777

misarrange1815

upsteer1889

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > bring or be out of conformity with [verb (transitive)]

difforma1425

to depart from1590

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 150 Hereinne shulde ech man sue Crist..and ȝif he be contrarie herto, he synneþ, difformed [c1425 Douce defourmyd] fro Cristis wille.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	difform
释义	difformadj. Brit. /dɪˈfɔːm/, U.S. /dɪˈfɔrm/ Forms: 1500s dyfforme, 1500s–1600s difforme, 1600s diforme, 1600s– difform. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin difformis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin difformis dissimilar in form (frequently from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin dif- dif- prefix + forma form n. Compare Middle French, French difforme (13th cent. in Old French). Compare earlier deform adj. 1. Of diverse forms or types; differing in form, nature, or quality. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > miscellaneous or heterogeneous difform1525 maslin1590 several1590 heterogeneana1601 miscellane1603 heterogeneal1605 miscellaneous1615 heterogeneous1629 miscellany1629 miscellanean1632 miscellaneal1633 stromatic1656 sundry1678 heterogenous1695 sorted1697 well-assorted1757 various1772 misc.1806 variegated1815 olla-podrida-ish1827 unhomogeneousa1830 olla-podridical1830 heterologous1834 non-homogeneous1853 cut-and-paste1864 assorted1897 sorty1899 inhomogeneous1904 1525 T. Rychard Walton's Bk. Comfort iii. sig. Iij The simplicite of god..vpon hoos vniformyte al difforme & variable thynges ben ryghted & reduced. 1547 R. Record Vrinal of Physick f. 47^v Other difforme contentes there be also. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxvi. 300 The dif-form consistence..of the Air at several distances from us. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 38 The pleasures of the multitude are difforme and repugnant to each other. 1704 I. Newton Opticks ii. 46 The unequal refractions of difform rays proceed not from any contingent irregularities. 1879 T. Harper Metaphysics of School iii. iii. 445 The conceptual representation would be difform from the object which the intellect intends to represent. 2006 T. E. Hill ‘She, This in Blak’ iii. 45 A calculatory mode of thinking..where complex objects with difform qualities could be quantified and ‘solved’. 2. Of motion: that varies in speed or velocity over time. Cf. uniform adj. 3. Now historical. [Historians of science use the terms uniformly difform and difformly difform to translate post-classical Latin uniformiter difformis and difformiter difformis (14th cent. in British and continental sources); compare quots. 1990, 1999.] ΚΠ 1631 W. Twisse Discov. D. Iacksons Vanitie ii. x. 404 Whether motion be uniforme or difforme, swift or slow. 1669 T. Gale tr. J. de Serres in Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. iv. 338 As for the other motion, θατέρου, difforme [L. hunc vero .i. θατέρου motum], it..variously hurries the whole Vniverse. 1735 J. Jackson Diss. Matter & Spirit 9 Motion also..may be various and difform in the same Being at the same Time. 1919 A. Einstein in N.Y. Times 3 Dec. 19/1 Difform motion will in every case produce the same effects as gravitation. 1990 N. Kretzmann & B. E. Kretzmann in tr. R. Kilvington Sophismata 264 If it is literally true that ‘S begins to move now’,..his motion is difformly difform, intensifying as rapidly as possible to 100 mpd [= miles per day] and diminishing uniformly thereafter until S comes to a stop. 1999 J. E. McClellan & H. Dorn Sci. & Technol. World Hist. iii. x. 191 (caption) Nicole Oresme (1320–82)..called it uniformly difform motion; we call it constant acceleration. 3. Without symmetry or regularity of parts; not uniform throughout; having an irregular form or shape. Frequently Botany (cf. uniform adj. 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > lack of shape > [adjective] huelessa1100 shapelessa1400 globose?a1425 deformed1555 fashionless1581 disformed1591 formless1591 unshapeful1598 figureless1606 informous1610 proportionless1625 unbodied1630 unshapable1630 misshapen1640 unshapeless1640 difform1644 inform1654 difformed1665 amorphous1727 amorphic1856 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xvii. 155 What a difforme nette with a strange variety of mashes would this be? 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 929 A difform or Papilionaceous Flower. 1707 S. Clarke Third Def. Argument 9 If the Parts be dissimilar, then the Substance is difform or Heterogeneous. 1763 J. Wheeler Botanist's & Gardener's New Dict. 109/2 The compound flower is tubulated, and difform. 1829 London Encycl. VII. 247/1 A difform flower, of which the leaves are unlike each other. 1845 E. Robinson Whitehall I. iv. 31 A huge difform mass of steel and adamant. 1905 Bryologist 8 87 The difform or variously irregular forms [of apothecium] as in Arthonia. 1990 K. U. Kramer in K. Kubitzki Families & Genera Vascular Plants I. 169/1 Fertile leaves weakly to strongly difform. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † difformv. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin difformare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin difformare (from 14th cent. in British and continental sources), either < difformis difform adj. or an alteration (after dif- dif- prefix) of classical Latin dēformāre deform v.¹ Compare Middle French difformer (a1328 in Old French or Middle French; French difformer ; probably < post-classical Latin difformare ). Compare deform v.¹ Obsolete. rare. transitive. To bring out of conformity or agreement. Cf. difformity n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > disarrange [verb (transitive)] disarraya1387 difforma1425 disrank1602 discompose1611 unrank1611 dismarshall1630 deform1725 disarrange1744 disrange1775 derange1777 misarrange1815 upsteer1889 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > bring or be out of conformity with [verb (transitive)] difforma1425 to depart from1590 a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 150 Hereinne shulde ech man sue Crist..and ȝif he be contrarie herto, he synneþ, difformed [c1425 Douce defourmyd] fro Cristis wille. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1525v.a1425
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