Latin

Adjective

dēfōrmis m, f ‎(neuter dēfōrme); third declension

1. Departing physically from the correct shape; deformed, ugly, misshapen, malformed.
2. Departing morally from the correct quality; unbecoming; shameful, disgraceful, base.

Inflection

Third declension.

• comparative: dēfōrmior, superlative: dēfōrmissimus.

Derived terms

• dēfōrmitās
• dēfōrmiter

Related terms

• dēfōrmātiō
• dēfōrmō

Descendants

• Catalan: deforme
• Czech: deformovaný
• Italian: deforme
• Portuguese: deforme
• Spanish: deforme

References

• deformis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• deformis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• DEFORMIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “deformis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.