Meanings
adjectivemonstruous (comparative more monstruous, superlative most monstruous)
comparative more monstruous · superlative most monstruous
- archaicMonstrous.First known use 15th c.
For he was sterne and terrible by nature, […] And rather like a Gyant monstruous […].
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Origin
- Latinmōnstruōsus
- Old Frenchmonstrueuse
- Middle Englishmonstruous
- Englishmonstruous
From Middle English monstruous, from Old French monstrueuse, monstrüos, from Latin mōnstruōsus.
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monstruous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monstruous
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