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† monstruˈosity Obs.
[ad. F. monstruosité: see monstruous and -ity.]
= monstrosity.
1402Repl. Friar Daw Topias in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 106 Kynde hath determyned the noumbre of thi fyngris, and if it passe noumbre, it is clepid monstruosité. 1601Holland Pliny I. 359 Ouer and aboue those monstruosities which Italy hath deuised of it selfe, we haue remaining..those also of strange..nations abroad. 1604T. Wright Passions v. 265 If his Parents were..marked by any monstruositie of Nature. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iii. ii. 87 This is the monstruositie in loue Lady, that the will is infinite, and the execution confin'd. 1650R. Gentilis Considerations 84 That of one member bigger than another, hath nothing to doe with goodness, but with Monstruosity. 1724Warburton Tracts (1789) 2 If the Monstruosity of their Crimes exceed even imaginary ones. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XII. 247/2 M. Fabri arranges..compressions of the cranium, and many other deformities of this kind in the class of morbific monstruosities. Ibid. 248/2 Monstruosities which are perpetuated exist in the original organization of the seed of the plant. |