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monstrosity

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Monstrosity  \Mon*stros"i*ty\,  n.;  pl  {Monstrosities}.  [Cf.  F. 
  monstruosit['e].  See  {Monstrous}.] 
  The  state  of  being  monstrous,  or  out  of  the  common  order  of 
  nature;  that  which  is  monstrous;  a  monster.  --South. 
 
  A  monstrosity  never  changes  the  name  or  affects  the 
  immutability  of  a  species.  --Adanson 
  (Trans.  ). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  monstrosity 
  n  1:  a  person  or  animal  that  is  markedly  unusual  or  deformed 
  [syn:  {freak},  {monster},  {lusus  naturae}] 
  2:  something  hideous  or  frightful;  "they  regarded  the  atom  bomb 
  as  a  monstrosity" 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  monstrosity  1.  n.  A  ridiculously  {elephantine}  program  or 
  system,  esp.  one  that  is  buggy  or  only  marginally  functional.  2. 
  adj  The  quality  of  being  monstrous  (see  `Overgeneralization'  in  the 
  discussion  of  jargonification).  See  also  {baroque}.




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