n.; pl.Monstrosities [ Cf. F. monstruosité. See Monstrous. ] The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature; that which is monstrous; a monster. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
A monstrosity never changes the name or affects the immutability of a species. Adanson (Trans.). [ 1913 Webster ]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Monstrosity \Mon*stros"i*ty\ (m[o^]n*str[o^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n.;
pl. {Monstrosities} (m[o^]n*str[o^]s"[i^]*t[i^]z). [Cf. F.
monstruosit['e]. See {Monstrous}.]
The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of
nature; that which is monstrous; a monster. --South.
[1913 Webster]
A monstrosity never changes the name or affects the
immutability of a species. --Adanson
(Trans.).
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monstrosity
n 1: a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
[syn: {freak}, {monster}, {monstrosity}, {lusus naturae}]
2: something hideous or frightful; "they regarded the atom bomb
as a monstrosity"
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]:
monstrosity
1. n. A ridiculously {elephantine} program or system, esp. one that is
buggy or only marginally functional.
2. adj. The quality of being monstrous (see the section called
?Overgeneralization? in the discussion of jargonification). See also
{baroque}.
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