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omniform, a.|ˈɒmnɪfɔːm|
[ad. late L. omniform-is, f. omni- + forma shape, form: see -form.]
Of all forms or shapes; taking any or every form; exhibiting or comprising every variety of form.
1647H. More Song of Soul i. i. ix, This is that ancient Eidos omniform. 1691–8Norris Pract. Disc. (1711) III. 155 If the Soul be united to this omni-form Essence of God. 1744Berkeley Siris §281 The living fire, the living, omniform seminary of the world, and other expressions..occurring in the ancient and Platonic philosophy. 1888Harper's Mag. Apr. 760 Thou omniform and most mysterious Sea.
So omniˈformal a. = omnific a.; † omniˈformist [? after conformist], one who assumes all forms or fashions, one who conforms to all.
1683E. Hooker Pref. Pordage's Mystic Div. 59 To become all things to all men, with the Doctor of the Gentiles, that Omniformist. 1839Bailey Festus xix. (1848) 218 The stars..Stand clustered into omniformal spheres. |