different between shapeless vs mammock

English

Etymology

shape +? -less

Adjective

shapeless (comparative more shapeless, superlative most shapeless)

1. without a clearly defined or identifiable shape

Synonyms

• amorphous, formless; see also Thesaurus:amorphous

Translations

Anagrams

• phaseless

English

Etymology

From mam (of obscure origin) +? -ock (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mam?k/

Noun

mammock (plural mammocks)

1. (obsolete outside dialects) A shapeless piece; a fragment.

Verb

mammock (third-person singular simple present mammocks, present participle mammocking, simple past and past participle mammocked)

1. (obsolete outside dialects, chiefly North Carolina, transitive) To tear to pieces.
   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, First Folio 1623:

     I saw him run after a gilded Butterfly, & when he caught it, he let it go againe, and after it againe, and ouer and ouer he comes, and vp againe: catcht it again: or whether his fall enrag'd him, or how 'twas, hee did so set his teeth, and teare it. Oh, I warrant how he mammockt it.

Usage notes

• In use with varying pronunciation and spelling in tidewater North Carolina among at least the Lumbee, Ocracoke Islanders and Downeasters or Core Sounders.

Related terms

• mommick