De*form"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Deformities (#). [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 order 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.