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† ˈmonstruous, a. Obs.
Also 4 -ruos, 5–6 -ruus, -rowous, 6 -ruows, 6–7 -ruouse.
[ad. L. monstruōs-us, irreg. f. monstrum monster: see -ous. Cf. F. monstrueux, Sp., Pg., It. monstruoso.]
= monstrous in various senses.
Very common in the 16th c.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iv. met. iii. 95 (Camb. MS.) Hem..þat..byweyleth the Monstruos chaungynge þat they suffren. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VII. 133 This pope Benedicte appered to a man after his dethe, in a monstruous similitude. 1471Caxton Recuyell (Sommer) 17 The fiers dragons, the dedely griffons, the monstrowous bestes. c1495Epitaffe, etc. in Skelton's Wks. (1843) II. 392 O murtherer vnmesurable..Monstruus of entrayle, aborryd in kynde. 1542Becon Pathw. Prayer xlvii. R iv b, All the monasticall sectes haue put of theyr cowles & monstruous garmentes. 1562Winȝet Cert. Tractates (S.T.S.) I. 12 The monstruus ydoll of auarice. 1609Bible (Douay) Numb. xxii. Comm., Being accustomed to such monstruous thinges, he replied familiarly, nothing therwith astonished. 1668Culpepper & Cole Barthol. Anat. i. xvii. 45 Tis monstruous, when both the kidneys are joyned into one beneath, and cleave together. 1692Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 332 A monstruous fish of an ell long, having the parts and shape of a dog..was shot in the Thames. 1700W. King Transactioneer 55 A Monstruous Birth. 1724Warburton Tracts (1789) 3 Revenge is monstruous. 1727Philip Quarll 238 Several Rarities, which they said did belong to a monstruous English Hermit.
Hence † ˈmonstruously adv., ˈmonstruousness = monstrously, monstrousness.
1545R. Ascham Toxoph. i. (Arb.) 53 If I woulde enter, to descrybe the monstruousenes of it, I shoulde rather wander in it, it is so brode. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. 125 They that vomite out such monstruousnesse, are so not ashamed of their own shame, that [etc.]. 1563Homilies ii. Agst. Idol. iii. 56 Some spake more monstruously then euer did Balams Asse. 1653R. Sanders Physiogn. 159 Malice is represented in a man by some deformity or monstruousness. 1690Child Disc. Trade (1694) 206 It is evident they do monstruously increase. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 38. 1/2 Two children.., who are so monstruously conjoyn'd. |