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monster


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Monster  \Mon"ster\,  n.  [OE.  monstre,  F.  monstre,  fr  L. 
  monstrum  orig.,  a  divine  omen,  indicating  misfortune;  akin 
  of  monstrare  to  show  point  out  indicate,  and  monere  to 
  warn.  See  {Monition},  and  cf  {Demonstrate},  {Muster}.] 
  1.  Something  of  unnatural  size,  shape,  or  quality;  a  prodigy; 
  an  enormity;  a  marvel. 
 
  A  monster  or  marvel.  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  Specifically,  an  animal  or  plant  departing  greatly  from 
  the  usual  type  as  by  having  too  many  limbs. 
 
  3.  Any  thing  or  person  of  unnatural  or  excessive  ugliness, 
  deformity,  wickedness,  or  cruelty. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Monster  \Mon"ster\,  a. 
  Monstrous  in  size.  --Pope. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Monster  \Mon"ster\,  v.  t. 
  To  make  monstrous.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  monster 
  n  1:  an  imaginary  creature  usually  having  various  human  and 
  animal  parts 
  2:  someone  who  is  abnormally  large  [syn:  {giant},  {goliath},  {behemoth}, 
  {colossus}] 
  3:  a  person  or  animal  that  is  markedly  unusual  or  deformed 
  [syn:  {freak},  {monstrosity},  {lusus  naturae}] 
  4:  a  cruel  wicked  and  inhuman  person  [syn:  {fiend},  {devil},  {demon}, 
  {ogre}] 
  5:  (medicine)  a  grossly  malformed  and  usually  nonviable  fetus 




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