amorphous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Having no clear shape or form.

   An amorphous cloud of insects hovered over the pond.

2. 2
   adj

   Lacking a clear structure, character, or organisation.

   The committee remained an amorphous group with no real leader or purpose.

3. 3
   adj

   Not having a crystalline structure; non-crystalline.

   Glass is an amorphous solid rather than a true crystal.

From Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos, “without form, shapeless, deformed”) (itself from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”) + -ous. By surface analysis, a- + -morphous.

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