English → Latin
“formless” in Latin
horridusrough, bristly, shaggy; rude, rough, uncouth, unpolished, untrimmed; awful, dreadful, horrible, horrid, frightful, fearfinconditusirregular, disordered, confused; uncouth, rudeīnfōrmisformless, shapeless; deformed; hideous, uglydēfōrmisDeparting physically from the correct shape; deformed, ugly, misshapen, malformed.; Departing morally from the correct qrudisrough, raw, uncultivated; unrefined, unskilled, awkward; rudecrūdusraw, bloody, bleeding; immature, unripe, premature; unprepared, raw, uncooked
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
formless
figura carens (without shape): horridus. inconditus (not having a fair form or shape): informis (that is without a definite form): deformis (that excites displeasure or disgust by its want of proper shape): rudis (rough, uncultivated): crudus (undigested).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for formless?
- The usual Latin words for “formless” are horridus, inconditus, īnfōrmis; also dēfōrmis, rudis, crūdus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.