What does formless mean?

Definitions for formless
ˈfɔrm lɪsform·less

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. amorphous, formless, shapelessadjective

    having no definite form or distinct shape

    "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm"

  2. formlessadjective

    having no physical form

    "belief in a world filled with...formless but often malevolent beings"

Wiktionary

  1. formlessadjective

    Without form; shapeless.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Formlessadjective

    Shapeless; without regularity of form.

    Etymology: from form.

    All form is formless, order orderless,
    Save what is opposite to England’s love. William Shakespeare, K. John.

Wikipedia

  1. Formless

    Formless is the second album from progressive metal band Aghora, released in December 2006. This is their first album with vocalist Diana Serra.

ChatGPT

  1. formless

    Formless refers to something that lacks a clear, definite, or distinct shape, structure, organization, or expression. It can also mean shapeless, unformed, ill-defined, or nebulous. The term is often used in abstract, theoretical, philosophical, or spiritual contexts to describe entities or concepts that are not confined by physical or tangible boundaries.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Formlessadjective

    shapeless; without a determinate form; wanting regularity of shape

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of formless in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of formless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of formless in a Sentence

  1. Natalie Clifford Barney:

    There are. intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters.

  2. Battaille:

    [F]or academic men to be happy, the universe would have to take shape. All of philosophy has no other goal: it is a matter of giving a frock coat to what is, a mathematical frock coat. On the other hand, affirming that the universe resembles nothing and is only formless amounts to saying that the universe is something like a spider or spit.

  3. Kabbalah:

    The pure impulse of dynamic creation is formless and being formless, the creation it gives rise to can assume any and every form.

  4. Bruce Lee:

    From form to formless and from finite to infinite

  5. Bruce Lee:

    Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless--like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash Be water my friend.

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