Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deformed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Deformed \De*formed"\, a.
Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity;
misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed
head. -- {De*form"ed*ly}, adv. -- {De*form"ed*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Deform \De*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deformed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Deforming}.] [L. deformare; de- + formare to form, shape,
fr. forma: cf. F. d['e]former. See {Form}.]
1. To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to
disfigure.
Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this
breathing world. --Shak.
2. To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or
perfection; to dishonor.
Above those passions that this world deform.
--Thomson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
deformed
adj : so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed
thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an
ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot";
"misshapen old fingers" [syn: {distorted}, {ill-shapen},
{malformed}, {misshapen}]
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