Middle English Dictionary Entry
dēfō̆rme adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | dēfō̆rme adj. Also defourme, difform, disformie. |
| Etymology | L dēformis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Misshapen, deformed.
Associated quotations
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.41.19 : Thes folweden other seuen oxen, in as myche defourme [WB(2): foule; L deformes] and leene, that neuer siche in the loond of Egipte Y sawȝ.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)21a/a : Som [apostemez] bene made of humours noȝt naturale. And þai be seid noȝt verray, vnpropre, vncertayne & disformye or vnshappy [L inuniformia].
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)197/18 : He saw in his slepe, standand befor hym, a long man & a difform.