† massiformadj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mass n.2, -iform comb. form.
Etymology: < mass n.2 + -iform comb. form. N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (mæ·sifǭɹm) /ˈmæsɪfɔːm/.
Obsolete.
1892 Massiform, in the form of a Mass.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2018).