Amorphous \A*mor"phous\, a. [Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? form.]
1. Having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless.
--Kirwan.
2. Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid
substance; uncrystallized.
3. Of no particular kind or character; anomalous.
Scientific treatises . . . are not seldom rude and
amorphous in style. --Hare.
-- A*mor"phous*ly, adv. -- A*mor"phous*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |