monstruousadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɒnstrʊəs/, U.S.

/ˈmɑnztr(əw)əs/,

/ˈmɑnstr(əw)əs/

Forms: late Middle English menstruouse (transmission error), late Middle English monstronous (transmission error), late Middle English monstrowous, late Middle English monstruos, late Middle English monstruus, late Middle English–1500s monstruows, late Middle English–1600s monstruouse, late Middle English– monstruous; Scottish pre-1700 monstrowis, pre-1700 monstrowous, pre-1700 monstruos, pre-1700 monstruouse, pre-1700 monstruus.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French monstrueux; Latin mōnstruōsus, mōnstrōsus.

Etymology: < Middle French monstrueux (c1330) and its etymon classical Latin mōnstruōsus, variant of mōnstrōsus monstrous adj. (see note below). Compare Italian mostruoso (1282), Spanish monstruoso (1385), Portuguese monstruoso (1563).In classical Latin prose the forms mōnstruōsus and mōnstrōsus appear to occur in free variation, the former being slightly more common, as far as the textual transmission may be relied upon. Compare portentuōsus , portentōsus portentous adj.

Now rare.

= monstrous adj. (in various senses).Common esp. in the 16th–17th centuries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > disease or injury > [adjective] > abnormally formed

monstruousc1425

monstrous1530

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

monstruousc1425

monstrousa1475

manxome1871

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

awlyc1200

grievousa1300

grilla1300

uglya1300

strongc1300

outrageousa1325

heinousc1374

excessive1393

curseda1400

fella1400

misshapenc1400

rankc1400

monstruousc1425

enorm1481

prodigiousc1487

villainous1489

nefand1490

sceleratea1513

monstrous1531

funestal1538

enormious1545

facinorous1548

flagitious1550

dire1567

bonable1575

felonious1575

bomination1589

unvenial?1589

heathenish1592

enormous1593

villainous1598

nameless1611

pitchy1612

funest1636

funestous1641

scarleta1643

nefandous1649

aversable1663

atrocious1669

frightful1700

flagrant1706

atrocea1734

diabolical1750

unspeakable1831

the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > involving abnormal growth or misshapen

monstruousc1425

misgrowna1450

monstrous1530

abortive1587

tetralogic1889

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > abnormal or unnatural

wicked13..

innaturalc1400

monstruousc1425

wick?c1425

disnaturalc1430

monstrousa1464

unnatural1516

natureless1548

prodigious1569

non-natural1650

disnatured1764

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > extremely wicked

deepOE

blackOE

outrageousa1325

heinousc1374

flagitiousc1384

excessive1393

rankc1400

enorm1481

prodigiousc1487

villainous1489

terriblec1510

sceleratea1513

monstrous1531

enormious1545

facinorous1548

monstruous1562

felonious1575

enormous1593

facinoriousa1616

rounda1638

scarlet1710

facinerose1727

atrocious1772

outraging1895

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 5872 Leuyathan..þe snake, þe monstruous dragoun.

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 8 The fiers dragons, the dedely griffons the monstrowous bestes.

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iii. 172 Belesus..sware..to raise vp a grete monstruous hepe of a wondre height.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxv. sig. i.iiii His heed, his necke, and his face Were tourned backwarde, lyke a persone monstruous.

?1532 T. Elyot tr. Plutarch Educ. Children (new ed.) v. sig. C Nowe wyll I assay to shewe what happeneth often to these monstruous fathers..whan they haue lewdely and vnhappylye noryshed and brought vp their chyldren.

1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 12 The monstruus ydoll of auarice.

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xiv. 94 And what a monstruous iniurie were it, to renounce the naturall Lord?

1609 Bible (Douay) I. Num. xxii. Comm. Being accustomed to such monstruous thinges, he replied familiarly, nothing therwith astonished.

1621 R. Brathwait Times Curtaine Drawne ii This dropsie paunch, that now outswells, The monstruous belly of Pantagrewells.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xvii. 45 Tis monstruous, when both the kidneys are joyned into one beneath, and cleave together.

1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 332 A monstruous fish of an ell long, having the parts and shape of a dog..was shot in the Thames.

1700 W. King Transactioneer ii. 55 A Monstruous Birth.

1767 R. Warner Captives iv. ii. 320 Heg.: A monstruous fire? Erg.: I say it: An huge one let it be.

1770 W. Whitehead Trip to Scotl. 10 My poor, dear Miss, she may be ruined and undone by this time; and all from your monstruous behaviour.

a1930 R. Bridges Poet. Wks. (1936) 556 In the garden entry A monstruous effigy stood sentry, One of those column-heads which Wren Contracted for at two-pound-ten.

1992 MLN 107 310 The novel repeatedly associates his [sc. a dictator's] monstruous appetite for power with his incapacity to love.

Derivatives

ˈmonstruously adv. = monstrously adv.

ΘΚΠ

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

monstrously1532

monstruously?1548

monster1607

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > hugely or immensely

hugelyc1380

huge1508

enormly1538

monstruously?1548

massively1550

monstrously1602

a worlda1616

hugeouslya1643

immensely1654

vastly1664

swingingly1668

hugeous1673

gigantically1678

vast1688

swingeing1690

thumpingly1693

enormously1695

pancratically1727

immense1754

colossally1809

whooping1866

monumentally1877

pyramidically1886

pyramidally1891

galactically1968

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb] > abnormally or unnaturally

unkindly?1387

accidently?a1425

monstrouslyc1487

innaturallya1513

unnaturally1528

monstruously?1548

supernaturally1578

preternaturally1588

the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [adverb] > abnormally-formed fetus

monstrously1532

monstruously1708

?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature ii, in Compl. Plays (1985) 84 I taught Aristo and Fulvius, Semiramis and Hortensius,..Beastes to abuse most monstruouslye.

1708 Brit. Apollo 18–23 June Two children.., who are so monstruously conjoyn'd.

1991 Washington Times 29 Nov. e3 Where I respectfully differ with Mr Moynihan is in ascribing blame for this monstruously failed CIA estimate.

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

单词	monstruous
释义	monstruousadj. Brit. /ˈmɒnstrʊəs/, U.S. /ˈmɑnztr(əw)əs/, /ˈmɑnstr(əw)əs/ Forms: late Middle English menstruouse (transmission error), late Middle English monstronous (transmission error), late Middle English monstrowous, late Middle English monstruos, late Middle English monstruus, late Middle English–1500s monstruows, late Middle English–1600s monstruouse, late Middle English– monstruous; Scottish pre-1700 monstrowis, pre-1700 monstrowous, pre-1700 monstruos, pre-1700 monstruouse, pre-1700 monstruus. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French monstrueux; Latin mōnstruōsus, mōnstrōsus. Etymology: < Middle French monstrueux (c1330) and its etymon classical Latin mōnstruōsus, variant of mōnstrōsus monstrous adj. (see note below). Compare Italian mostruoso (1282), Spanish monstruoso (1385), Portuguese monstruoso (1563).In classical Latin prose the forms mōnstruōsus and mōnstrōsus appear to occur in free variation, the former being slightly more common, as far as the textual transmission may be relied upon. Compare portentuōsus , portentōsus portentous adj. Now rare. = monstrous adj. (in various senses).Common esp. in the 16th–17th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [adjective] > abnormally formed monstruousc1425 monstrous1530 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [adjective] monstruousc1425 monstrousa1475 manxome1871 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective] awlyc1200 grievousa1300 grilla1300 uglya1300 strongc1300 outrageousa1325 heinousc1374 excessive1393 curseda1400 fella1400 misshapenc1400 rankc1400 monstruousc1425 enorm1481 prodigiousc1487 villainous1489 nefand1490 sceleratea1513 monstrous1531 funestal1538 enormious1545 facinorous1548 flagitious1550 dire1567 bonable1575 felonious1575 bomination1589 unvenial?1589 heathenish1592 enormous1593 villainous1598 nameless1611 pitchy1612 funest1636 funestous1641 scarleta1643 nefandous1649 aversable1663 atrocious1669 frightful1700 flagrant1706 atrocea1734 diabolical1750 unspeakable1831 the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > involving abnormal growth or misshapen monstruousc1425 misgrowna1450 monstrous1530 abortive1587 tetralogic1889 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > abnormal or unnatural wicked13.. innaturalc1400 monstruousc1425 wick?c1425 disnaturalc1430 monstrousa1464 unnatural1516 natureless1548 prodigious1569 non-natural1650 disnatured1764 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > extremely wicked deepOE blackOE outrageousa1325 heinousc1374 flagitiousc1384 excessive1393 rankc1400 enorm1481 prodigiousc1487 villainous1489 terriblec1510 sceleratea1513 monstrous1531 enormious1545 facinorous1548 monstruous1562 felonious1575 enormous1593 facinoriousa1616 rounda1638 scarlet1710 facinerose1727 atrocious1772 outraging1895 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 5872 Leuyathan..þe snake, þe monstruous dragoun. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 8 The fiers dragons, the dedely griffons the monstrowous bestes. c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iii. 172 Belesus..sware..to raise vp a grete monstruous hepe of a wondre height. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxv. sig. i.iiii His heed, his necke, and his face Were tourned backwarde, lyke a persone monstruous. ?1532 T. Elyot tr. Plutarch Educ. Children (new ed.) v. sig. C Nowe wyll I assay to shewe what happeneth often to these monstruous fathers..whan they haue lewdely and vnhappylye noryshed and brought vp their chyldren. 1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 12 The monstruus ydoll of auarice. 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xiv. 94 And what a monstruous iniurie were it, to renounce the naturall Lord? 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Num. xxii. Comm. Being accustomed to such monstruous thinges, he replied familiarly, nothing therwith astonished. 1621 R. Brathwait Times Curtaine Drawne ii This dropsie paunch, that now outswells, The monstruous belly of Pantagrewells. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xvii. 45 Tis monstruous, when both the kidneys are joyned into one beneath, and cleave together. 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 332 A monstruous fish of an ell long, having the parts and shape of a dog..was shot in the Thames. 1700 W. King Transactioneer ii. 55 A Monstruous Birth. 1767 R. Warner Captives iv. ii. 320 Heg.: A monstruous fire? Erg.: I say it: An huge one let it be. 1770 W. Whitehead Trip to Scotl. 10 My poor, dear Miss, she may be ruined and undone by this time; and all from your monstruous behaviour. a1930 R. Bridges Poet. Wks. (1936) 556 In the garden entry A monstruous effigy stood sentry, One of those column-heads which Wren Contracted for at two-pound-ten. 1992 MLN 107 310 The novel repeatedly associates his [sc. a dictator's] monstruous appetite for power with his incapacity to love. Derivatives ˈmonstruously adv. = monstrously adv. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [adverb] monstrously1532 monstruously?1548 monster1607 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > hugely or immensely hugelyc1380 huge1508 enormly1538 monstruously?1548 massively1550 monstrously1602 a worlda1616 hugeouslya1643 immensely1654 vastly1664 swingingly1668 hugeous1673 gigantically1678 vast1688 swingeing1690 thumpingly1693 enormously1695 pancratically1727 immense1754 colossally1809 whooping1866 monumentally1877 pyramidically1886 pyramidally1891 galactically1968 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb] > abnormally or unnaturally unkindly?1387 accidently?a1425 monstrouslyc1487 innaturallya1513 unnaturally1528 monstruously?1548 supernaturally1578 preternaturally1588 the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [adverb] > abnormally-formed fetus monstrously1532 monstruously1708 ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature ii, in Compl. Plays (1985) 84 I taught Aristo and Fulvius, Semiramis and Hortensius,..Beastes to abuse most monstruouslye. 1708 Brit. Apollo 18–23 June Two children.., who are so monstruously conjoyn'd. 1991 Washington Times 29 Nov. e3 Where I respectfully differ with Mr Moynihan is in ascribing blame for this monstruously failed CIA estimate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1425
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