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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1581
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Deformation, n. [e.m.E. (1581), ME. difformacyon (c 1440).] Alteration for the worse. —1581 Satirical Poems xliv. 97.
That serpent of ȝour deformation