formless
/ˈfɔɹmləs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space."
- "1985: Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters. — Genesis 1:2 (New Jerusalem Bible)"
- "You'll be prompted with the New Project dialog (see Figure 1.11) from which you'll have at least two types of projects from which to choose: Windows CE for the Pocket PC Project and Windows CE Formless project."
Etymology
Etymology tree English form Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English formless From form + -less.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɔɹmləs/
- British English: /ˈfɔːmləs/
Inflected Forms
more formless (comparative)
most formless (superlative)