shapeless
/ʃˈeɪpləs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Without a clearly defined or identifiable shape.
Example Sentences
- "If you skip the prelude, which is at once rhythmically square and shapeless, this Lohengrin starts out decently enough, for Hans Helm is one of the okayest Heralds on disc (a modest compliment, to be sure)."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *gaskap Old English ġesċeap Proto-Germanic *skēpą Proto-West Germanic *skāp Old English sċeap Middle English schap 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 Middle English schaples English shapeless Inherited from Middle English schaples. By surface analysis, shape + -less.
Inflected Forms
more shapeless (comparative)
most shapeless (superlative)