EDNOTE. My final thoughts on this. Obese lumpish Pauline is the model for the sculptor's "Pauline anide." See below for "anide" definition and etymology. VN is probably taking a pot shot at Henry Moore's work.
 

anidean

Shapeless; denoting a formless mass of tissue.

Synonym: anidous.

Origin: see anideus

(05 Mar 2000)


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anideus

A parasitic foetus consisting of a poorly differentiated mass of tissue with slight indications of parts.

See: holoacardius amorphus.

Origin: G. An-priv. + eidos, shape

Embryonic anideus, a blastoderm without axial organization.

(05 Mar 2000)


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