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Webster 1913 Edition


Amorphous

A-mor′phous

,
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK];
ἀ
priv. +
μορφή
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
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Amorphous

AMORPH'OUS

,
Adj.
[Gr. a neg and form.]
Having no determinate form; of irregular shape; not of any regular figure.