Definition of "deformity" []

• The state of being deformed. (noun)
• A bodily malformation, distortion, or disfigurement. (noun)
• A deformed person or thing. (noun)
• Gross ugliness or distortion. (noun)

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• "Shakespeare, whose mind was more intent upon notions than words, had in his thoughts the pulchritude of virtue, and the deformity of wickedness; and though he had mentioned _wickedness_, made the correlative answer to _deformity_."
• "The special meaning here attached to the term deformity is sufficiently explained in the preceding paragraph; it remains to give a few illustrations, and to refer to other headings, such as Heterotaxy,"
• "I do break my promise; never will I create another like yourself, equal in deformity and wickedness."