formular, a. and n.
(ˈfɔːmjʊlə(r))
[ad. L. type *formulār-is, f. formula. As n., a. F. formulaire. See -ar1, -ar2.]
A. adj.
1. Formal, correct or regular in form.
| 1773 Johnson in Boswell 29 Apr., A speech on the stage, let it flatter ever so extravagantly, is formular. It has always been formular to flatter Kings and Queens. |
2. Pertaining to formulæ; formulary.
| 1880 Muirhead Gaius iii. §180 note, Under the formular system in use in the classical period. |
B. n. A prescribed or set form, formulary; hence, a model, type. ? Obs.
| 1563 Abp. Parker Corresp. (1853) 183, I had of mine own head moved my lord of London to bethink himself of some formular of common prayer. 1578 Sir H. Sydney in Lett. & Mem. State (1746) I. 246 He ys a rare Ornament to thys Age, the very Formular, that all well dysposed young Gentylmen of ouer Court, do form allsoe thear Maners and Lyfe by. 1603 Florio Montaigne iii. ix. (1632) 564 Before I had ever seene any, I would have beene glad to have had but a paterne or formular of one. a 1734 North Exam. iii. vi. §20 (1740) 437 The Liturgy must be deprived of all the primitive Formulars. |