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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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