deformity
Origin of deformity
Related Words for deformity
abnormality, impairment, defect, malformation, contortion, unsightliness, buckle, damage, grossness, depravity, ugliness, injury, corruption, aberration, defacement, evil, asymmetry, warp, knot, unnaturalnessExamples from the Web for deformity
Contemporary Examples of deformity
The bones unearthed in the parking lot revealed that Richard did indeed have a deformity.
Historical Examples of deformity
Pericles was usually represented with a helmet, to cover the deformity in his skull.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
Hitherto Meg's experience had been that it was a thing to be slurred over, like a deformity.
Jan and Her JobL. Allen Harker
And if this is true, Love is the love of beauty and not of deformity?
SymposiumPlato
He referred to the fact that they are subject to hardly any deformity.
Aztec LandMaturin M. Ballou
When you have done this the deformity will indicate the location of the fracture.
Boy Scouts HandbookBoy Scouts of America
deformity
- a deformed condition; disfigurement
- pathol an acquired or congenital distortion of an organ or part
- a deformed person or thing
- a defect, esp of the mind or morals; depravity
Word Origin and History for deformity
early 15c., diformyte, from Old French deformité "deformity, disfigurement," from Latin deformitatem (nominative deformitas) "ugliness," from deformis "misformed, misshapen," from deformare (see deform).
deformity
(dĭ-fôr′mĭ-tē)- The state of being deformed.
- A deviation from the normal shape or size of a body part, resulting in disfigurement.