deformity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deformity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for deformity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deformity n an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed Synonym(s): deformity, malformation, misshapenness an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration" Synonym(s): disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deformity \Deform"ity\, n.; pl. {Deformities}. [L. deformitas, fr. deformis: cf. OF. deformet[82], deformit[82], F. difformit[82]. 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.