# polymorphous

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles
2. Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms
3. Crystallizing in two or more different forms; polymorphic

## Etymology
From New Latin polymorphus, from Ancient Greek πολύμορφος (polúmorphos, “multiform, manifold”), from πολυ- (polu-, “many, much”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). By surface analysis, poly- + -morphous.

## Source
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