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shapedness

UK/ˈʃeɪptnəs/

shapedness noun: the quality of being shaped in the specified manner.

Noun

shapedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being shaped in the specified manner.
    • The Elephant…[i]s reckoned the most intellectual animal in the creation after man. […] Nature, always impartial in the distribution of her gifts, has given this bulky quadruped a quick instinct nearly approaching to reason, in compensation for the uncouthness and ill-shapedness of his body.1812, July 19th: A. D. M. H. F. S. A., A Description of More Than Three Hundred Animals, Including Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, and Insects, “A Description of Beasts”, Book I: “Of Quadrupeds...

Origin of shapedness

First attested in 1812: shaped + -ness.

Words formed from shapedness

Questions about shapedness

What does shapedness mean?
Shapedness means the quality of being shaped in the specified manner.
What part of speech is shapedness?
Shapedness is a noun.
How do you pronounce shapedness?
Shapedness is pronounced /ˈʃeɪptnəs/ (UK).

Words near shapedness in the dictionary

  1. shaped nappies
  2. shaped nappy
  3. shaped up
  4. shaped up or shipped out
  5. shapedly
  6. shapedness
  7. shapedst
  8. shapefile
  9. shapefiles
  10. shapeful
  11. shapeless

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