Amorphousness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amorphous \A*mor"phous\, a. [Gr. ?; 'a priv. + morfh` form.]
     1. Having no determinate form; of irregular; shapeless.
        --Kirwan.
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     2. Without crystallization in the ultimate texture of a solid


        substance; uncrystallized.
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     3. Of no particular kind or character; anomalous.
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              Scientific treatises . . . are not seldom rude and
              amorphous in style.                   --Hare.
        [1913 Webster] -- {A*mor"phous*ly}, adv. --
        {A*mor"phous*ness}, n.
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