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informous

informous adjective: misshapen; having no real form.

Adjective

informous (comparative more informous, superlative most informous)

  1. (archaic, poetic) Misshapen; having no real form.
    • That a bear brings forth her young informous and unshapen, which she fashioneth after by licking them over, is an opinion not only vulgar, and common with us at present, but hath been of old delivered by ancient writers.1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.6

Forms of informous

comparativemore informous
superlativemost informous

Origin of informous

From Latin informis + -ous.

Questions about informous

What does informous mean?
Informous means misshapen; having no real form.
What part of speech is informous?
Informous is an adjective.

Words near informous in the dictionary

  1. Informixers
  2. informor
  3. informors
  4. informour
  5. informours
  6. informous
  7. informs
  8. informs on
  9. informulable
  10. INFORSE
  11. infortitude

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