-form
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin -fōrmis (“having the form of”), from fōrma (“a form, contour, figure, shape, appearance, looks”).
Suffix edit
-form
- Having the shape or form of; looking like.
- vermiform (“shaped like a worm”)
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Synonyms edit
- (looking like): quasi-, para-, -oid, -esque, -ish, -ly, -some, -y, (restricted to casual registers) -ass, (forms adjectives from nouns only) -like
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
shaped — see shaped
Etymology 2 edit
From formic, from Latin formica (“ant”).
Suffix edit
-form
- Related to formic acid in some way.