Definition
Beautiful or well-formed in appearance; elegant in shape (very rare, archaic variant).
Etymology
From Latin formosus, 'beautiful, well-formed,' from forma, 'shape.' This is a variant or alternative form to 'formose,' representing different Anglicization attempts.
Kelly Says
Formous and formose competed as English adjectives in the 1600s-1700s—neither won, because 'beautiful' and 'elegant' were already entrenched, showing how language consolidates around fewer words rather than multiplying synonyms.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አስደናሊ
ahs-deh-nah-lee
CACatalà
formós
fohr-mohs
CSČeština
krásný
krah-snee
DEDeutsch
formos
fohr-mohs
ELΕλληνικά
ωραίος
oh-ree-os
ESEspañol
formoso
fohr-moh-soh
FISuomi
kaunis
kah-oo-nees
FRFrançais
formose
fohr-moh-z
IDBahasa Indonesia
indah
ee-nah
ITItaliano
formoso
fohr-moh-soh
MSBahasa Melayu
cantik
chahn-teek
NLNederlands
schoon
skhoon
PLPolski
piękny
pyenk-nee
PTPortuguês
formoso
fohr-moh-soh
RORomână
frumos
froo-mohs
RUРусский
формозный
fohr-mohz-nee
SWKiswahili
nzuri
n-zoo-ree
TEతెలుగు
అందమైన
ahndam-ay-nah
THไทย
สวยงาม
soo-ay ngahm
UKУкраїнська
гарний
hahr-nee
URاردو
خوبصورت
khoo-b-soorat