multiform
nounEtymology From multi- + form.
1
An organism, folktale, etc. that appears in more than one form.
multiform
adj/ˈmuʌltiˌfɔɹm/
Etymology From multi- + form.
1
Having more than one shape or appearance.
- And yet such is the constitution of the human golfing soul that it not only fails to achieve it, but invents for itself multiform and manifold ifs and ans for not achieving it— […]1912, Percy Adolphus Vaile, The Soul of Golf:
- Synonyms
- chameleon, chameleonic, chameleonlike, diverse, multiform, multiversant, pluriform, polymorphic, polymorphous, protean, variform
- Antonyms
- monic, monoform, monomorphic, monomorphous, uniform
- Derived terms
- multiformly, multiformness
- Related terms
- shape-shifter
- Hyponyms
- omniform, shapeshifting