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amorphous [əˈmɔːfəs] adj 1. lacking a definite shape; formless 2. of no recognizable character or type 3. (Chemistry) (of chemicals, rocks, etc.) not having a crystalline structure [from New Latin, from Greek amorphos shapeless, from a-1 + morphē shape] amorphism n amorphously adv amorphousness n
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amorphous adjective shapeless, vague, irregular, nondescript, indeterminate, unstructured, nebulous, formless, inchoate, characterless, unformed, unshaped, unshapen A dark, amorphous shadow filled the room. shaped, structured, regular, distinct, definite How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Nina too seeks a cause, and locates it
rather amorphously in "everybody" and "everything":
"Nina blamed us, this family. That strange moment
of reconciliation cannot be accomplished amorphously but belongs to the
offer of concrete, disciplined, stylized immediacy. "
"Nordic" culture is amorphously represented as homogenous
(306), "dull" (307), and implicitly incapable of providing the
black artist with anything useful--a notion, I will presently show, he
dispenses with in the 1930s. |
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