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uglification|ʌglɪfɪˈkeɪʃən| [f. next: see -fication.] 1. The action or process of making ugly.
1820Shelley Œd. Tyr. i. 409 Where, for more glory, let the ceremony Take place of the uglification of the Queen. 1863N. & Q. 3rd Ser. IV. 521 A more thorough uglification of our written or spoken language could hardly have been devised. 1890Longm. Mag. Mar. 506 Their experiments in the science of comparative uglification. 2. That which renders ugly.
1893Westm. Gaz. 8 Apr. 1/3 London..has no street architecture. It has no decorations, though it has many uglifications. |