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variform

[ vair-uh-fawrm ]
/ ˈvɛər əˌfɔrm /
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adjective
varied in form; having various forms.
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Origin of variform

First recorded in 1655–65; vari(ous) + -form

OTHER WORDS FROM variform

var·i·form·ly, adverb

Words nearby variform

Variety is the spice of life, variety meat, variety store, varifocal, varifocals, variform, vario-, variocoupler, variola, variolate, variola virus
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Words related to variform

disparate, divergent, diverse, varied, anthologized, assorted, asymmetrical, collected, dissonant, divers, diversified, diversiform, heterogeneous, incongruous, inconsistent, indiscriminate, jarring, manifold, many, multifarious

How to use variform in a sentence

  • And civilisation is merely the expression of life—a variform utterance which includes love, and hunger, and joy, and death.

    The Kempton-Wace Letters|Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for variform

variform
/ (ˈvɛərɪˌfɔːm) /
adjective
varying in form or shape

Derived forms of variform

variformly, adverb
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