defiguration
English
Etymology
de- + figure + -ation
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˌfɪɡjəˈɹeɪʃən/
Noun
defiguration (countable and uncountable, plural defigurations)
- (obsolete) disfiguration; mutilation
- 1628, Joseph Hall, Christian Liberty Laid Forth
- Those ceremonies were prefigurations of Christ to come : these traditions are defigurations and deformations of Christ exhibited
- 1628, Joseph Hall, Christian Liberty Laid Forth
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for defiguration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)