Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

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CLASS II SECTION III. 1. GENERAL FORM


240. Form -- N. form, figure, shape; conformation, configuration; make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib; stamp, type, cast, mold; fashion; contour &c (outline) 230; structure &c 329; plasmature † .

241. [Absence of form.] Amorphism -- N. amorphism † , informity † ; unlicked cub † ; rudis indigestaque moles [Lat.] ; disorder &c 59; deformity &c 243.

242. [Regularity of form.] Symmetry -- N. symmetry, shapeliness, finish; beauty &c 845; proportion, eurythmy † , uniformity, parallelism; bilateral symmetry, trilateral symmetry, multilateral symmetry; centrality &c 222.

243. [Irregularity of form.] Distortion -- N. distortion, detortion † , contortion; twist, crookedness &c (obliquity) 217; grimace; deformity; malformation, malconformation † ; harelip; monstrosity, misproportion † , want of symmetry, anamorphosis † ; ugliness &c 846; talipes † ; teratology.