informous

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adjective

Misshapen; having no real form.

OriginLatin informis →
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Meanings

adjectiveinformous (comparative more informous, superlative most informous)

comparative more informous · superlative most informous

  1. archaicpoeticMisshapen; having no real form.

    That a bear brings forth her young informous and unshapen, which she fashioneth after by licking them over, is an opinion not only vulgar, and common with us at present, but hath been of old delivered by ancient writers.

    1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.6

Origin

  1. Latininformis
  2. Englishinformous

From Latin informis + -ous.

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APA

informous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/informous

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“informous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/informous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “informous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/informous.

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