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biomorphic

biomorphic adjective: having the appearance of a biomorph; representing a living organism rather than an artistic or pragmatic ideal.

Adjective

biomorphic (comparative more biomorphic, superlative most biomorphic)

  1. Having the appearance of a biomorph; representing a living organism rather than an artistic or pragmatic ideal.
    • And over the past year, a new crop of collaborations between designers and artists has turned a spotlight on ceramic sculptures characterized by organic and biomorphic forms.2021 May 4, Jessica Bumpus, “Ceramics Are in Fashion”, in The New York Times

Forms of biomorphic

comparativemore biomorphic
superlativemost biomorphic

Origin of biomorphic

Analyzed as bio- + morph + -ic, bio- + morphic, bio- + -morphic, or biomorph + -ic.

Words formed from biomorphic

Questions about biomorphic

What does biomorphic mean?
Biomorphic means having the appearance of a biomorph; representing a living organism rather than an artistic or pragmatic ideal.
What part of speech is biomorphic?
Biomorphic is an adjective.

Words near biomorphic in the dictionary

  1. biomonitorization
  2. biomonitors
  3. biomonomer
  4. biomonomers
  5. biomorph
  6. biomorphic
  7. biomorphically
  8. biomorphism
  9. biomorphodynamics
  10. biomorphological
  11. biomorphology

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