disfigure, amorphous, defaced, stage protest

Adam Pearson suffers from a condition that affects one in every 2,300 people and which causes non-cancerous tumours to grow on nerve tissue. In his case, the majority of these tumours are on his face. Throughout his 29 years, he has been bullied, harassed and called everything from Elephant Man to Scarface. Now he is starring in a film with Scarlett Johansson.

How Scarlett Johansson helped me challenge disfigurement stigma

Adam Pearson was born with a condition that causes tumours to grow on his face. But acting with Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin is changing the...

THE GUARDIAN|由 ELIZABETH DAY 上傳

The Media Equation

Using War as Cover to Target Journalists

By DAVID CARR

Killing members of the news media has been justified by a phrase as amorphous as “relevance to terror activity.”

defaced countryside

Chinese websites 'defaced in Anonymous attack'

Defaced pages urged Chinese people to stage their own protests

de·face (dĭ-fās')

tr.v., -faced, -fac·ing, -fac·es.

1. To mar or spoil the appearance or surface of; disfigure.
2. To impair the usefulness, value, or influence of.
3. Obsolete. To obliterate; destroy.

[Middle English defacen, from Old French desfacier : des-, de- + face, face; see face.]

defaceable de·face'a·ble adj.
defacement de·face'ment n.
defacer de·fac'er n.

a·mor·phous (ə-môr'fəs)
adj.

1. Lacking definite form; shapeless. See synonyms at shapeless.
2. Of no particular type; anomalous.
3. Lacking organization; formless.
4. Lacking distinct crystalline structure.

[From Greek amorphos : a-, without; see a-¹ + morphē, shape.]

amorphously a·mor'phous·ly adv.
amorphousness a·mor'phous·ness n.

[形]((形式))

1 無定形の

the amorphous clouds
形のくずれた雲.

2 特色［個性］のはっきりしない；組織だっていない.

3 《化学》無定形の, 非結晶の；《生物》不定形の.

［ギリシャ語ámorphos （á-ない＋morph形＋-OUS）. △MORPHOLOGY］