Hypertext Webster Gateway: "monstrosity"
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) 1.7 (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"
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