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malˈformed, a. [f. mal- + formed ppl. a.] Badly formed; marked by malformation.
1817Lawrence Lect. (1823) 110 It is admitted that an ideot with a malformed brain has no mind. 1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 633/1 Children with hearts so malformed live three, four, or five days. 1872O. W. Holmes Poet Breakf.-t. viii. (1885) 205 Malformed salmon..can be supplied. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 631 Both the teeth were malformed, hollow, and smaller than natural. b. transf. and fig.
1867Swinburne Ess. & Stud. (1875) 112 These first poems of Mr. Morris were not malformed. 1872O. W. Holmes Poet Breakf.-t. viii. 264 You do not get such a malformed character as that without a long chain of causes. 1899Daily News 21 July 8/6 Malformed and tainted human nature. |