formlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːmləs/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrmləs/

Etymology: < form n. + -less suffix.

Devoid of, or wanting in, form; shapeless; having no determinate or regular form. Said both of material and immaterial things.

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

1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 502 Things she formed of a formelesse mas.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 179.

1635 Julia in Donne's Poems 97 Countlesse multitudes Of formlesse curses, projects unmade up.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 12 The rising world of waters..Won from the void and formless infinite.

1680 G. Hickes Spirit of Popery 27 That unprescribed Formless way of Worship, which they now use.

1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iii. i. 39 Like a ghost shrouded and folded up In its own formless horror.

1869 J. Tyndall Chem. Rays in Fortn. Rev. 1 Feb. 244 This formless aggregate of infinitesimal particles.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 169 Brown birds..Twittered their sweet and formless tune.

Derivatives

ˈformlessly adv.

ΘΚΠ

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

formlessly1888

1888 W. D. Howells Annie Kilburn vi His long coat hung formlessly from his shoulders.

ˈformlessness n.

ΘΚΠ

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

unshapefulness1535

shapelessness1587

amorphy1704

formlessness1727

amorphism1835

amorphousness1843

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Formlesness.

a1839 S. T. Coleridge & J. Gillman Hints towards Theory of Life (1848) 55 We leave space dimensionless..and therefore the representative of absolute weakness and formlessness.

1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches I. 17 They had form, but they are changing into sheer formlessness.

1884 J. R. Seeley in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 500 Goethe [was]..impatient of the formlessness which had begun to reign in literature.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	formless
释义	formlessadj. Brit. /ˈfɔːmləs/, U.S. /ˈfɔrmləs/ Etymology: < form n. + -less suffix. Devoid of, or wanting in, form; shapeless; having no determinate or regular form. Said both of material and immaterial things. 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 1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 502 Things she formed of a formelesse mas. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 179. 1635 Julia in Donne's Poems 97 Countlesse multitudes Of formlesse curses, projects unmade up. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 12 The rising world of waters..Won from the void and formless infinite. View more context for this quotation 1680 G. Hickes Spirit of Popery 27 That unprescribed Formless way of Worship, which they now use. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iii. i. 39 Like a ghost shrouded and folded up In its own formless horror. 1869 J. Tyndall Chem. Rays in Fortn. Rev. 1 Feb. 244 This formless aggregate of infinitesimal particles. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 169 Brown birds..Twittered their sweet and formless tune. Derivatives ˈformlessly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > lack of shape > [adverb] formlessly1888 1888 W. D. Howells Annie Kilburn vi His long coat hung formlessly from his shoulders. ˈformlessness n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > lack of shape > [noun] unshapefulness1535 shapelessness1587 amorphy1704 formlessness1727 amorphism1835 amorphousness1843 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Formlesness. a1839 S. T. Coleridge & J. Gillman Hints towards Theory of Life (1848) 55 We leave space dimensionless..and therefore the representative of absolute weakness and formlessness. 1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches I. 17 They had form, but they are changing into sheer formlessness. 1884 J. R. Seeley in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 500 Goethe [was]..impatient of the formlessness which had begun to reign in literature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1591
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