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Definition of Biform
1. Adjective. Having or combining two forms. "The biform body of a mermaid"
Definition of Biform
1. a. Having two forms, bodies, or shapes.
Definition of Biform
1. Adjective. Having two distinct forms ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Biform
1. having two forms [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biform
Literary usage of Biform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Evenings with the skeptics; or, Free discussion on free thinkers by John Owen (1881)
"Let us turn, eg once more to Pomponazzi and his biform belief in immortality.
If we try to realize the state of mind implied by a scientific dissent, ..."
2. Letters from the Levant: Containing Views of the State of Society, Manners by John Galt (1813)
"Such prodigies I am assured are often seen in these countries. In the year 1788,
a biform monster died in Alexandria of the plague. ..."
3. Reminiscences and Letters of Sir Robert Ball by Robert Stawell Ball (1915)
"I understand from this letter that the Board of Trade suggest that an eight-wick
occulting biform light would suffice for the requirements of Kinsale. ..."
4. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"... pulverulent, biform ... biform, ululate ; perhaps the most highly organized
of all the genera. ..."
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