formeux

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French formeus, from Latin fōrmōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.mø/

Adjective

formeux (feminine formeuse, masculine plural formeux, feminine plural formeuses)

1. beautiful

   Des imaginations entretenues tous ces jours dans la fluide pensée de la Syrène par la vue de la merveille féminine des flots formeux, de l’étrange fleur de l’éponge pourprée.

   Imaginations maintained all these days in the fluid thought of the Siren by the sight of the feminine marvel of the beautiful waves, of the strange flower of the purple sponge.

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin fōrmōsus.

Adjective

formeux m (feminine singular formeuxe, masculine plural formeuxs, feminine plural formeuxes)

1. Alternative spelling of formeus, handsome.

Further reading

• formeux “formeux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.