deformity Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed
misshapenness; malformation.
noun an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
disfiguration; disfigurement.
- there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back
- suffering from facial disfiguration

L. deformitas, fr. deformis: cf. OF. deformeté, deformité, F. difformité. See Deform, v. & a., and cf. Disformity.

plural Deformities

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.
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.