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deformity |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deformity \De*form"i*ty\, n.; pl {Deformities}. [L. deformitas fr deformis: cf OF deformet['e], deformit['e], F. difformit['e]. See {Deform}, v. & a., and cf {Disformity}.] 1. The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness. To make an envious mountain on my back Where sits deformity to mock my body. --Shak. 2. Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from order or the established laws of propriety; as deformity in an edifice; deformity of character. Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deformity n 1: an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed [syn: {malformation}, {misshapenness}] 2: an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen [syn: {disfigurement}]
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