polymorphous
po·ly·morp·hous
adjective
relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms
- “polymorphous crystallization”
relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population
- “a polymorphic species”
having or occurring in several distinct forms
- “man is both polymorpphic and polytypic”
- “a polymorphous god”
Origin
From New Latin polymorphus, from Ancient Greek πολύμορφος (polúmorphos, “multiform, manifold”), from πολυ- (polu-, “many, much”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). By surface analysis, poly- + -morphous.
Phrases
- polymorphous perversity
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