informousadj.

Brit.

/ɪnˈfɔːməs/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈfɔrməs/

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; perhaps partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin informis , -ous suffix.

Etymology: Apparently < classical Latin informis inform adj.¹ + -ous suffix, although in sense ‘ugly’ perhaps after post-classical Latin informosus ugly (a1591). Compare also formose adj.

Now poetic and rare.

Having no definite form, shapeless, unformed; †ugly, misshapen (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > lack of shape > [adjective]

huelessa1100

shapelessa1400

globose?a1425

deformed1555

fashionless1581

disformed1591

formless1591

unshapeful1598

figureless1606

informous1610

proportionless1625

unbodied1630

unshapable1630

misshapen1640

unshapeless1640

difform1644

inform1654

difformed1665

amorphous1727

amorphic1856

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective]

misshapena1400

deformedc1400

forshapenc1440

misfashioned?a1513

inform1555

fromshapen1581

misformed1590

informous1610

disjointed1652

ill-formeda1672

abnormous1710

malformed1817

dislocated1830

aberrated1976

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 267 A man prudently pliable to times..excessiue in vaste informous buildings.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. vi. 116 That a Bear brings forth her young informous and unshapen, which she fashioneth after by licking them over, is an opinion not only vulgar..but hath been of old delivered by ancient Writers.

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Informity, Deformity, a being Informous, without shape or fashion, ill favoured.

1796 W. Amphlett Triumphs of War 2 Showers of candent rocks informous fly On every side.

1829 R. R. Madden Trav. Turkey, Egypt, Nubia, & Palestine II. xxxix. 324 A sort of religious monomania which paints nothing on their retina but the informous images of monks.

1840 I. Butts Irish Life II. xxii. 292 The rest [of the country] seemed a desolate wilderness, as when first crude and informous it had been turned out by the hand of nature.

1974 R. Wilbur in New Yorker 4 Nov. 186/2 Did you [sc. his skeleton] not stand beneath This flesh, I could not stand, But would revert to slime Informous and unmanned.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	informous
释义	informousadj. Brit. /ɪnˈfɔːməs/, U.S. /ᵻnˈfɔrməs/ Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; perhaps partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin informis , -ous suffix. Etymology: Apparently < classical Latin informis inform adj.¹ + -ous suffix, although in sense ‘ugly’ perhaps after post-classical Latin informosus ugly (a1591). Compare also formose adj. Now poetic and rare. Having no definite form, shapeless, unformed; †ugly, misshapen (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > lack of shape > [adjective] huelessa1100 shapelessa1400 globose?a1425 deformed1555 fashionless1581 disformed1591 formless1591 unshapeful1598 figureless1606 informous1610 proportionless1625 unbodied1630 unshapable1630 misshapen1640 unshapeless1640 difform1644 inform1654 difformed1665 amorphous1727 amorphic1856 the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] misshapena1400 deformedc1400 forshapenc1440 misfashioned?a1513 inform1555 fromshapen1581 misformed1590 informous1610 disjointed1652 ill-formeda1672 abnormous1710 malformed1817 dislocated1830 aberrated1976 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 267 A man prudently pliable to times..excessiue in vaste informous buildings. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. vi. 116 That a Bear brings forth her young informous and unshapen, which she fashioneth after by licking them over, is an opinion not only vulgar..but hath been of old delivered by ancient Writers. View more context for this quotation 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Informity, Deformity, a being Informous, without shape or fashion, ill favoured. 1796 W. Amphlett Triumphs of War 2 Showers of candent rocks informous fly On every side. 1829 R. R. Madden Trav. Turkey, Egypt, Nubia, & Palestine II. xxxix. 324 A sort of religious monomania which paints nothing on their retina but the informous images of monks. 1840 I. Butts Irish Life II. xxii. 292 The rest [of the country] seemed a desolate wilderness, as when first crude and informous it had been turned out by the hand of nature. 1974 R. Wilbur in New Yorker 4 Nov. 186/2 Did you [sc. his skeleton] not stand beneath This flesh, I could not stand, But would revert to slime Informous and unmanned. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1610
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