Random Word of the Day: Amorphous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (amorphos) "without form, shapeless, deformed" (itself from α- (a-) "without" + μορφή (morphē) "form") + the English suffix -ous

Pronunciation

Adjective

amorphous (comparative more amorphous, superlative most amorphous)

•     lacking a definite form or clear shape

        E.g :The enormous pile of spaghetti landed on the floor in an amorphous heap.

•     being without definite character or nature

•     lacking organization or unity

    (physics) in the non-crystalline solid state of a typically crystalline solid.

    (set theory, of a set) infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets

Derived terms

•     amorphism

•     amorphously

Synonyms

•     formless

•     shapeless

Random Word of the Day

in·cor·ri·gi·ble           /inˈkôrijəbəl/

Adjective:

(of a person or their tendencies) Not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.

Synonyms:

irredeemable - unimprovable - irreparable - irreclaimable

Examples of INCORRIGIBLE

• an incorrigible habit of playing practical jokes
• He is always the class clown and his teachers say he is incorrigible.
• The incorrigible maleness of men is a standing rebuke to the Rousseau-inspired notions of human moral plasticity that are central to liberalism. —Richard Lowry, National Review, 3 July 2000
• At the heart of Roosevelt's style in foreign affairs was a certain incorrigible amateurism. His off-the-cuff improvisations, his airy tendency to throw out half-baked ideas, caused others to underrate his continuity of purpose … —Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., American Heritage, May/June 1994
• Eating fugu … is an exotic custom that probably would appeal to every incorrigible mountain climber, skydiver and bungee-jumper in America. Why? The fugu is poisonous—and there's no antidote. —Max Friedman, Vegetarian Times, October 1993
• Yes, this is a book about America … all seen through the fairy-book life of an incorrigible kid, abandoned by his parents and brought up in a reformatory … —Stephen Jay Gould, New York Times Book Review, 7 May 1989

typo errors and what not

Would you dare buying and eating this after getting it from a bakery? LoL. So what you think it should be? Hot dogs with Eggs or something else.

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