I.that has no form or not a proper form, unformed, shapeless.
I. Lit.: “cum res muta aut informis fit loquens et formata,” Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66: “alveus,” Liv. 21, 26, 9: “caro,” Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 63.—
II. Transf., unshapely, misshapen, deformed, hideous, horrid: “cadaver,” Verg. A. 8, 264: “hiemes,” Hor. C. 2, 10, 15: “situs,” id. Ep. 2, 2, 118: “nota in ore,” Prop. 1, 5, 16: “color,” Tib. 4, 4, 6: “informes sanguine peltae,” Stat. Th. 12, 528: “imbre cruento informis facies,” Luc. 6, 224: “exitus,” Tac. A. 6, 49: “sors,” id. ib. 12, 37: “letum,” Verg. A. 12, 603: “nihil est illis (metallis) informius,” Sen. Ep. 94 med.— Adv.: infor-mĭter , hideously, horridly: “sonare,” Aug. Conf. 12, 29.
