difform
English
Etymology
From Old French difforme, from Latin dif- = dis- + forma (“form”). Compare deform.
Adjective
difform (comparative more difform, superlative most difform)
- irregular in form; not uniform; anomalous or dissimilar
- difform corolla, the parts of which do not correspond in size or proportion
- Sir Isaac Newton
- 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)