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difformity

difformity noun: irregularity or diversity of form; lack of uniformity.

Noun

difformity (plural difformities)

  1. (obsolete) irregularity or diversity of form; lack of uniformity
    • For whilst they murmur against the present disposure of things, regulating determined realities unto their private optations, they rest not in their established natures, but unwishing their unalterable verities, do tacitly desire in them a difformity from the primitive rule1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    ununiformity

Synonyms of difformity

Forms of difformity

pluraldifformities

Origin of difformity

From Middle French difformité. See difform, deformity.

Questions about difformity

What does difformity mean?
Difformity means irregularity or diversity of form; lack of uniformity.
What part of speech is difformity?
Difformity is a noun.
What is the plural of difformity?
The plural of difformity is difformities.

Words near difformity in the dictionary

  1. diffogram
  2. diffograms
  3. difform
  4. difformed
  5. difformities
  6. difformity
  7. diffract
  8. diffractable
  9. diffractaic acid
  10. diffractal
  11. diffractals

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