difform

English

Etymology

From Old French difforme, from Latin dif- = dis- + forma (“form”). Compare deform.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɔː(ɹ)m/
• Homophone: deform

Adjective

difform (comparative more difform, superlative most difform)

1. irregular in form; not uniform; anomalous or dissimilar

   difform corolla, the parts of which do not correspond in size or proportion

   • 1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:

     the unequal refractions of difform rays

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “difform”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)