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† defiguration Obs.|diːfɪgjʊˈreɪʃən|
[n. of action from med.L. dēfigūrāre to disfigure, f. de- I. 6 + figūrāre to figure, figūra figure; cf. F. défigurer.]
The action of disfiguring; marring the figure or appearance (of a thing); disfigurement.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. Turkie ii. iii. 73 b, By such defiguration they do shew very horrible. 1628Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 30 These traditions are defigurations and deformations of Christ exhibited. 1830Lamb Lett. (1837) II. 263 A certain personal defiguration in the man-part of this extraordinary centaur. |