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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
De·form·i·ty
n.
;
pl
.
Deformities
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
.
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