Where does “disfigure” come from?
Disfigure comes from Anglo-Norman desfigurer, which combined the prefix des- with figurer, meaning to mar or spoil the appearance or form of something.
disfigure (English): Change the appearance of something/someone to the...
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- Change the appearance of something/someone to the...
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