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monstrosity

monst·ro·sity

UK/mɒnˈstɹɒsɪti/ US/mɑˈnstrɑsʌti/ uncommon

noun

1.
2.

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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