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Latin
Etymology
From dēfōrmis + -tās.
Pronunciation
Noun
dēfōrmitās f (genitive dēfōrmitātis); third declension
- (physically) The state of being deformed; deformity, ugliness, disfigurement.
- (morally) The state of being morally incorrect; baseness, vileness, appalling nature; disgrace.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “deformitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deformitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- deformitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.