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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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