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Webster 1913 Edition
Deformity
De-form′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Deformities
(#)
. [L. & , and cf.
deformitas
, fr. deformis
: cf. OF. deformeté
, deformité
, F. difformité
. See Deform
, Verb.
Adj.
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
Where sits
deformity
to mock my body. Shakespeare
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
Should look so near upon her foul
deformities
. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Deformity
DEFORMITY
, n.1.
Any unnatural state of the shape or form; want of that uniformity or symmetry which constitutes beauty; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; disproportion of limbs; defect; crookedness, &c. Hence, ugliness; as bodily deformity.2.
Any thing that destroys beauty, grace or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from order, or the established laws of propriety. Thus we speak of deformity in an edifice, or deformity of character.Definition 2024
deformity
deformity
English
Noun
deformity (plural deformities)
Translations
The state of being deformed
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Something which is deformed
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