formous

English

Etymology

From Latin fōrmōsus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)məs/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)məs

Adjective

formous (comparative more formous, superlative most formous)

1. (rare) fair; beautiful.
   • 1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “Tale of Núr al-Dín Alí and His Son Badr al-Dín Hasan”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume I, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC, page 212:

     She is the daughter of the Wazir Shams al-Din and she is a model of beauty and loveliness, of fairest favour and formous form, and dight with symmetry and perfect grace.