Dictionary

formless en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɔɹmləs/ (General-American)
• /ˈfɔːmləs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English form Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English formless From form + -less.

Meanings

1. Without form; shapeless.
   • It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space. 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 32:
   • 1985: Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters. — Genesis 1:2 (New Jerusalem Bible)
2. (not-comparable) Without the use of forms or templates.
   • You'll be prompted with the New Project dialog (see Figure 1.11) from which you'll have at least two types of projects from which to choose: Windows CE for the Pocket PC Project and Windows CE Formless project. 2002, Christopher Tacke, Timothy Bassett, Embedded Visual Basic: Windows CE and Pocket PC Mobile Applications:

Forms

Deriveds

formlessly · formlessness

Synonyms

shapeless · amorphous (shapeless)

Translations (16)

lt beformis (without form) · pl bezpostaciowy (without form) · grc ἄμορφος (without form) · nl vormloos (without form) · fr informe (without form) · io senforma (without form) · bg безформен (without form) · ca sense forma (without form) · hu alaktalan (without form) · fr sans forme (without form) · es sin forma (without form) · mk безобличен (without form) · pl bezkształtny (without form) · sv formlös (without form) · el άμορφος (without form) · la informis (without form)