informityn.

Brit.

/ɪnˈfɔːmᵻti/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈfɔrmədi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s informitie, 1600s– informity.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin informitat-, informitas.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin informitat-, informitas shapelessness, formlessness (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), deformity, ugliness (from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin informis inform adj.¹ + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French, French informité (1586), Italian informità (a1342 in Florio).

Now rare.

The condition of being unformed, shapelessness; misshapenness, deformity. Also figurative, with reference to manners or intellect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun]

deformityc1440

disformitya1513

informity1583

misshapenness1587

misshapedness1610

pravity1647

misshapement1653

malconformation1776

the world > space > shape > lack of shape > [noun] > state of being unshaped

unshapeness1398

informity1583

unshapedness1587

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xiv. 84/1 Sith wee see not a whit into the bottomlesse deepes of Gods iudgementes: let vs assure our selues that wee doe but bewray the informitie [Fr. l'infirmité] that is in vs.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Informita, informitie, shapelesnes.

1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 83 The reducing of the old Chaos, and first informitie of things.

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xv. 186 You shall withall finde good Learning..a polisher of inbred rudenesse and our informitie.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. viii. 32 The informity of Cubbes.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Informity,..deformity, want of shape or fashion.

1798 T. Connelly & T. Higgins New Dict. Spanish & Eng. Lang. II. 203/3 Informidad, Informity.

1875 Catholic World Apr. 101/1 This great doctor admits that unformed matter was created, and existed for a time in its informity.

1960 Jrnl. Warburg & Courtauld Instit. 23 19 It may be suggested that Lull's chaos is Scotist in conception. Its formlessness is not the disorder of evil, but near to the divine informity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	informity
释义	informityn. Brit. /ɪnˈfɔːmᵻti/, U.S. /ᵻnˈfɔrmədi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s informitie, 1600s– informity. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin informitat-, informitas. Etymology: < post-classical Latin informitat-, informitas shapelessness, formlessness (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), deformity, ugliness (from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin informis inform adj.¹ + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French, French informité (1586), Italian informità (a1342 in Florio). Now rare. The condition of being unformed, shapelessness; misshapenness, deformity. Also figurative, with reference to manners or intellect. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] deformityc1440 disformitya1513 informity1583 misshapenness1587 misshapedness1610 pravity1647 misshapement1653 malconformation1776 the world > space > shape > lack of shape > [noun] > state of being unshaped unshapeness1398 informity1583 unshapedness1587 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xiv. 84/1 Sith wee see not a whit into the bottomlesse deepes of Gods iudgementes: let vs assure our selues that wee doe but bewray the informitie [Fr. l'infirmité] that is in vs. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Informita, informitie, shapelesnes. 1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 83 The reducing of the old Chaos, and first informitie of things. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xv. 186 You shall withall finde good Learning..a polisher of inbred rudenesse and our informitie. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. viii. 32 The informity of Cubbes. View more context for this quotation 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Informity,..deformity, want of shape or fashion. 1798 T. Connelly & T. Higgins New Dict. Spanish & Eng. Lang. II. 203/3 Informidad, Informity. 1875 Catholic World Apr. 101/1 This great doctor admits that unformed matter was created, and existed for a time in its informity. 1960 Jrnl. Warburg & Courtauld Instit. 23 19 It may be suggested that Lull's chaos is Scotist in conception. Its formlessness is not the disorder of evil, but near to the divine informity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1583
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