monstruous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English monstruous, from Old French monstrueuse, monstrüos, from Latin mōnstruōsus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
monstruous (comparative more monstruous, superlative most monstruous)
- (now rare) Monstrous. [from 15th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- For he was sterne and terrible by nature, […] And rather like a Gyant monstruous […].
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French monstrueus, borrowed itself from Latin mōnstruōsus, mōnstrōsus; equivalent to monstre + -ous.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
monstruous
- Misshapen, grotesque; of unnatural form or appearance.
- (rare) Monstrous, terrifying, fear-inducing.
Related terms[edit]
- monstruous
Descendants[edit]
- English: monstrous, monstruous
- Scots: monsterous
References[edit]
- “monstruǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-04.
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