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Proto-West Germanic *gaskap
Old English ġesċeap
Proto-Germanic *skēpą
Proto-West Germanic *skāp
Old English sċeap
Middle English schap
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
Middle English schaples
English shapeless
Inherited from Middle English schaples. By surface analysis, shape + -less.
adjective more shapeless · most shapeless
- Without a clearly defined or identifiable shape. If you skip the prelude, which is at once rhythmically square and shapeless, this Lohengrin starts out decently enough, for Hans Helm is one of the okayest Heralds on disc (a modest compliment, to be sure).
