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monstrousness|ˈmɒnstrəsnɪs|
[Formed as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being monstrous, in various senses of the adj.; esp. unnaturalness, hugeness; enormity.
1574Brieff Disc. Troub. Franckford 211 All monstrousnes off errors, and whiche Satan newlie sekethe to bring into the churche againe [being] driuen awaie. 1606Proc. agst. Late Traitors 22 The monstrousnesse and continuall horrour of this so desperate a cause. 1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis v. vii. 350 The monstrousnesse of his knavery. a1734North Exam. iii. vii. §33 (1740) 527 Let none start at the Monstrousness of this supposition. 1818Hallam Mid. Ages (1872) I. 138 The apparent incredibility of the charges from their monstrousness.
b. as a mock-title. nonce-use.
1726in Hist. Norfolk (1829) II. 1202 The two dick fools will be new dressed to attend to his monstrousness [sc. the Norwich Guild Snap Dragon]. |