A*mor"phous (#), a. [Gr. ; 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.

 

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