DEFORMITY
disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity
(noun) an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; “there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect’s back”; “suffering from facial disfiguration”
deformity, malformation, misshapenness
(noun) an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
deformity (countable and uncountable, plural deformities)
The state of being deformed.
An ugly or misshapen feature or characteristic.
Source: Wiktionary
De*form"i*ty, n.; pl. Deformities. Etym: [L. deformitas, fr. deformis: cf. OF. deformeté, deformité, F. difformité. 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 other 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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