deformities

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deformities - 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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