formlessness
UK/ˈfɔːmləsnəs/US/ˈfɔɹmləsnəs/
formlessness noun: the quality of being formless.
Noun
formlessness (countable and uncountable, plural formlessnesses)
- The quality of being formless.
- The way by light and shade is, on the contrary, taken by men of the highest powers of though, and most earnest desire for truth ; they long for light, and for knowledge of all tthat light can show. But seeking for light, they perceive also darkness ; seeking for truth and substance, they find...1800, John Ruskin, Proserpina, Lovell, Coryell and Company, page 292
- There also in it, as used both by poets and philosophers, a similar idea of formlessness, but with more of a metaphysical reference to inward law or organization than to mere outward shape.1855, Tayler Lewis, The Six Days of Creation, John Chapman, page 61
formlessness meaning in Tamil and Sanskrit
formlessness in Tamil
- நிட்களம், நிராகாரம், நிராகிருதி, அருவம், நிரூபம், அரூபம்
formlessness in Sanskrit
- formlessness; absence of forms
- आरूप्य ārūpya
Examples of formlessness in a sentence
- They look for form in the earth.—for dawn in the sky ; and seeking these, they find formlessness in the earth, and night in the sky.1800, John Ruskin, Proserpina, Lovell, Coryell and Company, page 292:
- In sum, with the Sack, its formlessness is dangerous; with the Designer, its extremity is.2006, Nicholas Antongiavanni [pseudonym; Michael Anton], The Suit: A Machiavellian Approach to Men's Style, New York: HarperCollins...
Forms of formlessness
| plural | formlessnesses |
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Origin of formlessness
From formless + -ness.
Questions about formlessness
- What does formlessness mean?
- Formlessness means the quality of being formless.
- What is formlessness in Tamil?
- Formlessness in Tamil is நிட்களம், நிராகாரம், நிராகிருதி. See Formlessness meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use formlessness in a sentence?
- They look for form in the earth.—for dawn in the sky ; and seeking these, they find formlessness in the earth, and night in the sky.
- What part of speech is formlessness?
- Formlessness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce formlessness?
- Formlessness is pronounced /ˈfɔːmləsnəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of formlessness?
- The plural of formlessness is formlessnesses.
Words near formlessness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: formlessness (page history and authors); formlessness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आरूप्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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