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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.