-form

Having the shape or form of; looking like.

Suffix morpheme

  1. Having the shape or form of; looking like.
    • vermiform (“shaped like a worm”)

Origin

From Latin -fōrmis (“having the form of”), from fōrma (“a form, contour, figure, shape, appearance, looks”).

Forms

-iform

Synonyms

quasi- para- -oid -esque -ish -ly -some -y -ass -like

Related

-iformes

Suffix morpheme

  1. Related to formic acid in some way.
    • chloroform

Origin

From formic, from Latin formica (“ant”).