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disfiguration

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dis⋅fig⋅ure⋅ment

[dis-fig-yer-muhnt; Brit. dis-fig-er-muhnt]
–noun
1. an act or instance of disfiguring.
2. a disfigured condition.
3. something that disfigures, as a scar.
Also called dis⋅fig⋅ur⋅a⋅tion.


Origin:
1625–35; disfigure + -ment
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dis·fig·ure   (dĭs-fĭg'yər)   
tr.v.   dis·fig·ured, dis·fig·ur·ing, dis·fig·ures
To mar or spoil the appearance or shape of; deform.

[Middle English disfiguren, from Old French desfigurer : des-, dis- + figure, figure (from Latin figūra, shape; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots).]
dis·fig'u·ra'tion, dis·fig'ure·ment n., dis·fig'ur·er n.
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