† disformityn.
Obsolete. rare.
a. = deformity n. (quot. a1513).
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun]
deformityc1440
disformitya1513
informity1583
misshapenness1587
misshapedness1610
pravity1647
misshapement1653
malconformation1776
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clix. f. lxxxvii [They] chase rather to dye than to lyue in pryson with yt dysformyte.
b. Want of conformity: = difformity n.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > variety of form or non-uniformity
deformitya1544
difformity1580
inequability1581
disformity1600
irregularness1609
inconstancy1613
inconformity1625
inequality1626
irregularity1646
nonconformity1672
anomaly1686
disuniformity1710
ununiformness1716
ununiformity1749
heteromorphism1839
non-uniformity1852
raggedness1882
1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile f. 21v The bones of Orestes..being measured, were 7 cubits long..and yet this is no great disformity in respect of that which followeth.
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