multiformityn.

Brit.

/ˌmʌltᵻˈfɔːmᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌməltiˈfɔrmədi/; see also multi- comb. form.

Forms: 1500s–1600s multiformitie, 1600s– multiformity.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin multiformitas.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin multiformitas diversity, variety (4th cent.) < classical Latin multiformis multiform adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French, French multiformité (late 15th cent.), Italian moltiformità (Florio, 1598). Compare earlier uniformity n.

The condition or character of being multiform; diversity or variety of form, shape, or appearance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > [noun] > condition of having many or all shapes

multiformity1589

omniformity1644

variformity1702

multiformness1727

omniformness1727

polymorphism1839

polymorphy1846

multiforma1849

pluriformity1947

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. viii. 14 So is that part [sc. the imagination]..in his much multiformitie vniforme, that is well proportioned.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Qq4 Contention hath been mooued..touching an vniformitie of Methode in Multiformitie of Matter.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage To Rdr. Barking out a multiformitie of oathes, like hellish Cerberi.

1682 Observator 6 Dec. 1/1 You Blast the very Appellation of Protestant, by an Endless Multiformity of Errors.

1720 J. Johnson Coll. Eccl. Laws Church of Eng. I. Pref. p. xvii Which created Confusion and Multiformity in the Church.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. (1849) I. 105 The characters in this play are either impersonated out of Shakspeare's own multiformity..or [etc.].

1862 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VII. lxiv. 281 The immensity and multiformity of Nature.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 56 The multiformity and frequent latency of the disease.

1976 Times 9 Aug. 11/1 The Pope, the Curia and the bishops..seek to maintain control over the pace and direction of change. But..multiformity flourishes.

1993 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Dec. 10/2 His multiformity and self-contradiction seem already in his own day to have been clichés of Horatian criticism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	multiformity
释义	multiformityn. Brit. /ˌmʌltᵻˈfɔːmᵻti/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈfɔrmədi/; see also multi- comb. form. Forms: 1500s–1600s multiformitie, 1600s– multiformity. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin multiformitas. Etymology: < post-classical Latin multiformitas diversity, variety (4th cent.) < classical Latin multiformis multiform adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French, French multiformité (late 15th cent.), Italian moltiformità (Florio, 1598). Compare earlier uniformity n. The condition or character of being multiform; diversity or variety of form, shape, or appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [noun] > condition of having many or all shapes multiformity1589 omniformity1644 variformity1702 multiformness1727 omniformness1727 polymorphism1839 polymorphy1846 multiforma1849 pluriformity1947 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. viii. 14 So is that part [sc. the imagination]..in his much multiformitie vniforme, that is well proportioned. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Qq4 Contention hath been mooued..touching an vniformitie of Methode in Multiformitie of Matter. View more context for this quotation 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage To Rdr. Barking out a multiformitie of oathes, like hellish Cerberi. 1682 Observator 6 Dec. 1/1 You Blast the very Appellation of Protestant, by an Endless Multiformity of Errors. 1720 J. Johnson Coll. Eccl. Laws Church of Eng. I. Pref. p. xvii Which created Confusion and Multiformity in the Church. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. (1849) I. 105 The characters in this play are either impersonated out of Shakspeare's own multiformity..or [etc.]. 1862 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VII. lxiv. 281 The immensity and multiformity of Nature. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 56 The multiformity and frequent latency of the disease. 1976 Times 9 Aug. 11/1 The Pope, the Curia and the bishops..seek to maintain control over the pace and direction of change. But..multiformity flourishes. 1993 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Dec. 10/2 His multiformity and self-contradiction seem already in his own day to have been clichés of Horatian criticism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589
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