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deformity
(encz) | deformity,deformace n: Zdeněk Brož |
deformity
(encz) | deformity,deformita n: Zdeněk Brož |
Deformity
(gcide) | 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.
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To make an envious mountain on my back,
Where sits deformity to mock my body. --Shak.
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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.
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Confounded, that her Maker's eyes
Should look so near upon her foul deformities.
--Milton.
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deformity
(wn) | deformity
n 1: an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen
or malformed [syn: deformity, malformation,
misshapenness]
2: an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there
were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back";
"suffering from facial disfiguration" [syn: disfigurement,
disfiguration, deformity] |
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