monstrosity
monstrosity Lexical Profile
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• noun
A thing, especially a building or structure, that is excessively large, ugly, or unsightly.
"Local residents complained that the new concrete parking garage was an architectural monstrosity that ruined the historic skyline."
A creature or organism that is malformed, grotesque, or terrifyingly unnatural.
"Early modern naturalists often cataloged two-headed calves and other anatomical anomalies as biological monstrosities."
The state or quality of being monstrous, outrageously evil, or hideously abnormal.
"Historians struggled to comprehend the sheer monstrosity of the regime's systematic abuses."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century from Late Latin monstrositas ('strangeness' or 'unnaturalness'), from Latin monstrosus ('strange' or 'unnatural'), ultimately derived from monstrum ('divine omen, portent, or monster'), from monere ('to warn').