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单词 monstruous
释义

monstruous

English

Etymology

From Middle English monstruous, from Old French monstrueuse, monstrüos, from Latin mōnstrōsus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɒnstɹʊəs/

Adjective

monstruous (comparative more monstruous, superlative most monstruous)

  1. (now rare) Monstrous. [from 15th c.]
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.7:
      For he was sterne and terrible by nature, […] And rather like a Gyant monstruous […].

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • moustruous, monstrous, monstruows, monstrows

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French monstrueuse, borrowed itself from Latin mōnstruōsus, mōnstrōsus; equivalent to monstre + -ous.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔnsˈtriu̯uːs/, /mɔnsˈtruːs/

Adjective

monstruous

  1. Misshapen, grotesque; of unnatural form or appearance.
  2. (rare) Monstrous, terrifying, fear-inducing.
  • monstruous

Descendants

  • English: monstrous, monstruous
  • Scots: monsterous

References

  • monstruǒus (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-04.
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