Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a variety of forms; diversiform.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Varied in form; having different shapes; diversiform.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having different shapes or forms.
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- adjective That can take
various forms .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective varying in form or shape
Etymologies
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Examples
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And civilisation is merely the expression of life — a variform utterance which includes love, and hunger, and joy, and death.
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I could sort of slooshy myself making special sort of shooms and govoreeting slovos like 'Dear dead idlewilds, rot not in variform guises' and all that cal.
Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010
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Vases of Etruscan mould, containing plants of the commonest kind, offer those lines of beauty which the eye delights in following; and variform leaves hanging festooned over them, and shading them if they be of a light colour, with a soft grateful hue, add much to their pleasing effect.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 337, October 25, 1828 Various
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I do not only find it hard to piece our actions to one another, but I moreover find it hard properly to design each by itself by any principal quality, so ambiguous and variform they are with diverse lights.
The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 19 Michel de Montaigne 1562
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I do not only find it hard to piece our actions to one another, but I moreover find it hard properly to design each by itself by any principal quality, so ambiguous and variform they are with diverse lights.
The Essays of Montaigne — Complete Michel de Montaigne 1562
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