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deform

adj
/dɪˈfɔːm/UK/dəˈfɔɹm/US

Etymology

From Middle English deformen (“to disfigure, distort, or mar; (figuratively) to disfigure morally; to defame; to dishonour”) [and other forms], equivalent to de- + form, from Old French deformer [and other forms] (modern French déformer (“to contort, distort, twist out of shape; (figuratively) to pervert”)), or directly from its etymon Latin dēfōrmāre (whence Medieval Latin difformāre), the present active infinitive of dēfōrmō (“to fashion, form; to delineate, describe; to design; to deform, disfigure; to mar, spoil”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘away from; from’) + fōrmō (“to fashion, form, shape; to format”) (from fōrma (noun); see further at etymology 1). Cognates * Catalan deformar (“to deform”) * Italian deformare (“to deform; to distort, warp”) * Occitan deformar * Portuguese deformar (“to deform”) * Spanish deformar, desformar (“to deform, disfigure”)

  1. derived from dēfōrmis — “departing physically from the correct shape, deformed, malformed, misshapen, ugly; (figuratively) departing morally from the correct quality, base, disgraceful, shameful, unbecoming”
  2. derived from deforme
  3. inherited from deforme — “out of shape, deformed”

Definitions

  1. Having an unusual and unattractive shape

    Having an unusual and unattractive shape; deformed, misshapen; hence, hideous, ugly.

    • […] I did proclame, / That vvho ſo kild that monſter moſt deforme, / And him in hardy battayle ouercame, / Should haue mine onely daughter to his Dame, and of my kingdome heyre apparaunt bee: […]
    • Sight ſo deform what heart of Rock could long / Drie-ey’d behold?
    • The common overgrown vvith fern, and rough / VVith prickly goſs, that ſhapeleſs and deform / And dang’rous to the touch, has yet its bloom / And decks itſelf vvith ornaments of gold, / Yields no unpleaſing ramble; […]

  2. To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular

    To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.

    • They ſay this tovvne is full of coſenage: / As nimble Iuglers that deceiue the eie: / Darke vvorking Sorcerers that change the minde: / Soule-killing VVitches, that deforme the bodie: […]
    • [Y]ou muſt take care to keep the Bitt ſtraight to the Hole you pierce, leſt you deform the Hole, or break the Bitt.

  3. To change the look of (something), usually thus making it imperfect or unattractive

    To change the look of (something), usually thus making it imperfect or unattractive; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual appearance.

    • a face deformed by bitterness
    • The yeare next enſuing he [Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset] invaded the Scottiſh borders, waſted Tinedale & the marches and deformed the country with ruine and ſpoile.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To mar the character or quality of (something).

      • a marriage deformed by jealousy
      • [Y]our beautie Ladies / Hath much deformed vs, faſhioning our humours / Euen to the oppoſed ende of our ententes.

    2. To become changed in shape or misshapen.

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Derived

deformability, deformable, deformed, deformedly, deformedness, deformer, deformeter, deforming, deformingly, nondeformable, nondeformed, nondeforming, retrodeform, retrodeformed, undeform, undeformable, undeformed

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA