Meanings
adjectiveformous (comparative more formous, superlative most formous)
comparative more formous · superlative most formous
- rarefair; beautiful.
She is the daughter of the Wazir Shams al-Din and she is a model of beauty and loveliness, of fairest favour and formous form, and dight with symmetry and perfect grace.
1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “Tale of Núr al-Dín Alí and His Son Badr al-Dín Hasan”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume I, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC, page 212
Origin
- Latinfōrmōsus
- Englishformous
From Latin fōrmōsus.
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