What does "monster" mean?
Monster: Specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs.
Additional senses
- 2.Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.
- 3.Monstrous in size. Pope.
- 4.To make monstrous. [Obs.] Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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