Definitions

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  • noun deviation or mistake in form; deformity

Etymologies

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See malformed.

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Examples

  • This was a marvellous thing in a land where cripples are severely discouraged and malformity is a sure passport for heaven.

    Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country Edgar Wallace 1903

  • Robert Rummel-Hudson is semi-famous on the Internet as the father of Schuyler, a girl born with BPP, a rare brain malformity that can cause all kinds of developmental problems.

    Cult of Mac 2010

  • Robert Rummel-Hudson is semi-famous on the Internet as the father of Schuyler, a girl born with BPP, a rare brain malformity that can cause all kinds of developmental problems.

    Cult of Mac 2010

  • (has, indeed, called) a "squint-eyed Italian Saint" -- and whether he objected to malformity, nationality or calling, I never could learn -- this too it may be; it may tend to edification and I know not what beside.

    Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Maurice Hewlett 1892

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