defiguration

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ figure +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˌfɪɡjəˈɹeɪʃən/

Noun

defiguration (countable and uncountable, plural defigurations)

  1. (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

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