amorphous
/əˈmɔːfəs/uh-MAWR-fuhs
/əˈmɔɹfəs/uh-MAWR-fuhs
Meaningwithout shape
Common meaning: without clear shape
- anot, without (Greek ἀ-/ἀν-)Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. · scan
- morphshape, formLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 979 · scan
- ousadjective ending: full of, having
‘not, without (Greek ἀ-/ἀν-)’ + ‘shape, form’ → amorphous
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√MARK‘touch, rub slightly, stroke, seize’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 266, p. 739 · scan
- Greekμορφή‘shape, form’
- Englishamorphous‘without clear shape’ · today
a- also in: atomabyssapathyamnestyanodyne
morph also in: morphologymetamorphosis
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek μορφή ‘shape, form’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry μορφή, p. 979 · dictionary scan
Roots
- μορφή Greek “shape, form”
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