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shapedness

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: shāp(t)ʹnəs
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪptnəs/

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noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being shaped in the specified manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1812, July 19th: A. D. M. H. F. S. A., A Description of More Than Three Hundred Animals, Including Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, and Insects, “A Description of Beasts”, Book I: “Of Quadrupeds, or Four-Footed Beasts”, page 60, “The Elephant” The Elephant...[i]s reckoned the most intellectual animal in the creation after man. [...] Nature, always impartial in the distribution of her gifts, has given this bulky quadruped a quick instinct nearly approaching to reason, in compensation for the uncouthness and ill-shapedness of his body.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

First attested in 1812: shaped + -ness.