formlessness

noun
/ˈfɔːmləsnəs/UK/ˈfɔɹmləsnəs/US

Etymology

From formless + -ness.

  1. derived from fōrma
  2. derived from forme
  3. inherited from forme
  4. suffixed as formless — “form + less
  5. suffixed as formlessness — “formless + ness

Definitions

  1. The quality of being formless.

    • There also in it, as used both by poets and philosophers, a similar idea of formlessness, but with more of a metaphysical reference to inward law or organization than to mere outward shape.
    • But in truth neither is either, and both must be avoided. In sum, with the Sack, its formlessness is dangerous; with the Designer, its extremity is.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA