monstrosity
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monstrosity (mɒnˈstrɒsɪtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | an outrageous or ugly person or thing; monster |
| 2. | the state or quality of being monstrous |
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Monstrosity
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Word Origin & History
monstrosity
1550s, "abnormality of growth," from L.L. monstrositas "strangeness," from L. monstrosus, a collateral form of monstruosus (cf. Fr. monstruosité); see monster. Sense of "quality of being monstrous" is first recorded 1650s. Noun meaning "a monster" is attested from 1640s.
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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 `Overgeneralization' in the discussion of jargonification). See also baroque.
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Example sentences
The purple and white monstrosity sat in our yard for a few weeks, melting in the rain.
The elevated bikeways would help more people commute than the monstrosity of a bridge being planned downstate.
The environmentalists are mostly against the corn ethanol monstrosity.
The monstrosity consists of a single continuous body, on each end of which is a well-formed head.
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