VARIFORM | • variform adj. That can take various forms. • VARIFORM adj. having various forms. |
LARVIFORM | • larviform adj. (Zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva. • LARVIFORM adj. having the form or structure of a larva. |
SALVERFORM | • salverform adj. Shaped like a salver. • SALVERFORM adj. of a corolla, having a long tube with terminal petals spread out flat. |
VAPORIFORM | • vaporiform adj. (Archaic) Existing in a vaporous state. • VAPORIFORM adj. existing in a vaporous form or state. |
VARIFORMLY | • variformly adv. In a variform manner. • VARIFORM adv. having various forms. |
REFORMATIVE | • reformative adj. That serves to reform or correct. • REFORMATIVE adj. intended or tending to reform. |
OVERFAMILIAR | • overfamiliar adj. Common or repeated to the point of being unnoticed or annoying. • overfamiliar adj. (Used with “with”) So acquainted with something, that one doesn’t notice it, or is annoyed by it. • overfamiliar adj. Overly friendly or intimate. |
PERFORMATIVE | • performative adj. (Philosophy, linguistics) Being enacted as it is said. • performative adj. Being done as a performance in order to create an impression. • performative n. A performative utterance. |
PREFORMATIVE | • preformative n. Chiefly in Semitic languages: a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word. • preformative adj. Of or pertaining to preformation. • preformative adj. Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later. |
PERFORMATIVES | • performatives n. Plural of performative. • PERFORMATIVE n. such a statement, as opposed to constative. |
PREFORMATIVES | • preformatives n. Plural of preformative. • PREFORMATIVE n. a prefixture in Semitic languages. |
PERFORMATIVELY | • performatively adv. In a performative manner. • PERFORMATIVE adv. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, e.g. I confess my ignorance, also PERFORMATORY. |
TRANSFORMATIVE | • transformative adj. That causes a transformation; causing a notable and lasting change. • transformative adj. (Linguistics) Chiefly in transformative-generative: of or relating to a theory of generative grammar… • TRANSFORMATIVE adj. having the power to transform. |
OVERFAMILIARITY | • overfamiliarity n. The state of being overfamiliar. • OVERFAMILIARITY n. the state of being overfamiliar. |