monstruosityn.

Brit.

/ˌmɒnstrʊˈɒsᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌmɑnztrəwˈɑsədi/

Forms: late Middle English monstruosite, 1600s monstruositie, 1600s–1900s monstruosity.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Or (iii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin monstruositas ; monstruous adj.; Latin mōnstruōsus , -ity suffix.

Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin monstruositas condition of being abnormal (13th cent. in British sources; < classical Latin mōnstruōsus monstruous adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix)), or independently < monstruous adj. or its etymon classical Latin mōnstruōsus + -ity suffix. Compare Middle French monstruosité abnormality in the formation of the human body (1488), prodigy, marvel (1518), anomalous animal or plant formation (16th cent.), Italian mostruosità (a1565), Spanish monstruosidad (1428), Portuguese monstruosidade (16th cent.).In quot. 1978 after Spanish monstruosidad.

Now rare.

= monstrosity n. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [noun]

crookedness1398

monstruosity1402

deformity1413

misfashioning1469

misfigurec1480

counterfeiturec1500

monstrosity1616

pravity1647

monstruousness1653

malformation1769

misformation1822

dysmorphia1848

misshape1867

aplasia1885

nanity1892

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [noun]

monstruosity1402

grievoustyc1410

outrageousnessc1450

enormityc1480

atrocity1534

malignitya1535

monstruousness1545

heinousness1563

monstrousness1574

ugliness1601

enormousnessa1631

monstrosity1639

enormance1682

flagrancy1714

atrociousness1731

the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > types of growth

monstruosity1402

monstrosity1555

accretion1615

misgrowth1648

monstruousness1653

miscreance1658

homonomya1682

agenesis1827

hypertrophy1834

auxesis1842

overgrowth1844

neoplasia1871

ingrowth1877

concrescence1878

accrementition1879

neogenesis1884

geomalism1885

giantism1885

geomaly1889

merisis1940

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun]

fiend-scatheOE

beastc1300

monsterc1375

monstruosity1601

monstrosity1643

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] > instance of

follyc1300

absurditya1525

mumpsimus1531

trim-tram1533

foppery1546

ridicle1570

fangle1583

delirium1599

monstruosity1601

adox1606

absurd1610

extravagancy1625

incongruitya1626

monstrosity1639

extravagant1644

extravagance1650

ridiculea1658

fadoodlea1670

ridiculous1674

irrationalitya1680

ridiculosity1773

whimsy-whamsy1807

absurdism1815

nonsensity1834

nonsensical1842

nonsensicalitya1850

fandango1856

fandangle1880

bollock1919

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun]

wantonnessc1405

absurdity1529

monstruousness1545

impertinency1573

ridiculousness1573

monstrousness1574

absurd1581

absurdness1582

incongruity1597

fancy1598

delirium1599

monstruosity1604

absurdum1606

foppishness1611

impertinence1616

nonsense1630

impertinentness1645

irrationality1647

monstrosity1651

nonsensicality1652

ridicule1668

ridicule1672

nonsensicalness1674

maggotry1706

preposterousness1727

zanyship1766

ridiculosity1773

drollness1823

stultification1832

nonsensity1834

farcicality1849

cockeyedness1858

1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 106 Kynde hath determyned the noumbre of thi fyngris, and if it passe noumbre, it is clepid monstruosite.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 359 Ouer and aboue those monstruosities which Italy hath deuised of it selfe, we haue remaining..those also of strange..nations abroad.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 265 If his Parents were..marked by any monstruositie of Nature.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. ii. 78 This the monstruosity in loue Lady, that the will is infinite and the execution confind.

1724 W. Warburton Misc. Transl. 3 If the Monstruosity of their Crimes exceed even imaginary Ones.

1777 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 67 70 This species [of sea anemone], which is so fertile in monstruosities, has also presented me with one which had two bodies on one base.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 247/2 M. Fabri arranges..compressions of the cranium, and many other deformities of this kind in the class of morbific monstruosities.

1978 J. Caviglia in PMLA 93 33 (title) Tradition and monstruosity in El obsceno pájaro de la noche.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monstruosity
释义	monstruosityn. Brit. /ˌmɒnstrʊˈɒsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌmɑnztrəwˈɑsədi/ Forms: late Middle English monstruosite, 1600s monstruositie, 1600s–1900s monstruosity. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Or (iii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin monstruositas ; monstruous adj.; Latin mōnstruōsus , -ity suffix. Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin monstruositas condition of being abnormal (13th cent. in British sources; < classical Latin mōnstruōsus monstruous adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix)), or independently < monstruous adj. or its etymon classical Latin mōnstruōsus + -ity suffix. Compare Middle French monstruosité abnormality in the formation of the human body (1488), prodigy, marvel (1518), anomalous animal or plant formation (16th cent.), Italian mostruosità (a1565), Spanish monstruosidad (1428), Portuguese monstruosidade (16th cent.).In quot. 1978 after Spanish monstruosidad. Now rare. = monstrosity n. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [noun] crookedness1398 monstruosity1402 deformity1413 misfashioning1469 misfigurec1480 counterfeiturec1500 monstrosity1616 pravity1647 monstruousness1653 malformation1769 misformation1822 dysmorphia1848 misshape1867 aplasia1885 nanity1892 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [noun] monstruosity1402 grievoustyc1410 outrageousnessc1450 enormityc1480 atrocity1534 malignitya1535 monstruousness1545 heinousness1563 monstrousness1574 ugliness1601 enormousnessa1631 monstrosity1639 enormance1682 flagrancy1714 atrociousness1731 the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > types of growth monstruosity1402 monstrosity1555 accretion1615 misgrowth1648 monstruousness1653 miscreance1658 homonomya1682 agenesis1827 hypertrophy1834 auxesis1842 overgrowth1844 neoplasia1871 ingrowth1877 concrescence1878 accrementition1879 neogenesis1884 geomalism1885 giantism1885 geomaly1889 merisis1940 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] fiend-scatheOE beastc1300 monsterc1375 monstruosity1601 monstrosity1643 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] > instance of follyc1300 absurditya1525 mumpsimus1531 trim-tram1533 foppery1546 ridicle1570 fangle1583 delirium1599 monstruosity1601 adox1606 absurd1610 extravagancy1625 incongruitya1626 monstrosity1639 extravagant1644 extravagance1650 ridiculea1658 fadoodlea1670 ridiculous1674 irrationalitya1680 ridiculosity1773 whimsy-whamsy1807 absurdism1815 nonsensity1834 nonsensical1842 nonsensicalitya1850 fandango1856 fandangle1880 bollock1919 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] wantonnessc1405 absurdity1529 monstruousness1545 impertinency1573 ridiculousness1573 monstrousness1574 absurd1581 absurdness1582 incongruity1597 fancy1598 delirium1599 monstruosity1604 absurdum1606 foppishness1611 impertinence1616 nonsense1630 impertinentness1645 irrationality1647 monstrosity1651 nonsensicality1652 ridicule1668 ridicule1672 nonsensicalness1674 maggotry1706 preposterousness1727 zanyship1766 ridiculosity1773 drollness1823 stultification1832 nonsensity1834 farcicality1849 cockeyedness1858 1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 106 Kynde hath determyned the noumbre of thi fyngris, and if it passe noumbre, it is clepid monstruosite. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 359 Ouer and aboue those monstruosities which Italy hath deuised of it selfe, we haue remaining..those also of strange..nations abroad. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 265 If his Parents were..marked by any monstruositie of Nature. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. ii. 78 This the monstruosity in loue Lady, that the will is infinite and the execution confind. View more context for this quotation 1724 W. Warburton Misc. Transl. 3 If the Monstruosity of their Crimes exceed even imaginary Ones. 1777 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 67 70 This species [of sea anemone], which is so fertile in monstruosities, has also presented me with one which had two bodies on one base. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 247/2 M. Fabri arranges..compressions of the cranium, and many other deformities of this kind in the class of morbific monstruosities. 1978 J. Caviglia in PMLA 93 33 (title) Tradition and monstruosity in El obsceno pájaro de la noche. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1402
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