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Added 9 October 2026

monstrosity

/mɒnˈstɹɒsɪti/ noun

Latin root: mōnstruōsitās Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about monstrosity at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed.
Something hideous or frightful.
they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity

Origin

From Middle English monstruosite, from Middle French monstruosité and its etymon Late Latin mōnstruōsitās, mōnstrōsitās (“monstrousness”), from Latin mōnstruōsus, mōnstrōsus; by surface analysis, monstrous + -ity.

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