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▪ I. † ˈmonstre, n.1 Obs.
Also monster, monstyr, monestere.
[ad. med.L. monstrum, app. ad. OF. monstre fem. (mod.F. montre), vbl. n. f. monstrer to show.]
= monstrance.
c1480Acc. St. Andrew Hubbard in Rec. St. Mary at Hill p. lxi, The crose of the monestere. 1498–9Rec. St. Mary at Hill 233 Item, for mendyng of the monstyr for the Sacrament xvj d. 1519Churchw. Acc. St. Margaret's, Westm. (Nichols 1797) 8 A monstre of siluer and gilt to bear in the Sacrament on Corpus Christi day. 1548in Archæologia (1869) XLII. 89 Item a monster of silver and gilt.
▪ II. ‖ monstre, n.2|mɔ̃str|
[Fr.]
In phr. monstre sacré (lit. sacred monster), a striking and eccentric public figure; a false idol, esp. in the world of entertainment.
[1940J. Cocteau (title) Les monstres sacrés.] 1959Manch. Guardian 17 July 4/3 Unlike Mlle Sagan she seems vulnerable, and capable of development, not a born ‘monstre sacré’. 1965Listener 10 June 870/1 We must forgive Mailer because he is both exceptional and typical—the paradigm who is also a monstre sacré. 1969Ibid. 9 Jan. 62/1 Compare her with the late Edith Piaf, a monstre sacré of a different order. 1969Times 26 Nov. 9/4 That most fabulous of monstres sacrés, Sarah Bernhardt. 1975Times 30 Oct. 8/5 Half saint, half satyr, wholly monstre sacré, the face [of Bertrand Russell] looks out upon us from the photographs.
▪ III. ‖ monstre, a.|mɔ̃str|
[Fr.; adjectival use of monstre monster n.]
A frequent journalistic substitute for monster a., esp. as applied to meetings, ‘demonstrations’, etc.
1840Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. i. Monstre Balloon (ad fin.), Three cheers for the ‘Monstre’ Balloon. 1893Peel Spen Valley 352 He..helped..to organise the monstre gathering on Peep Green.
▪ IV. monstre
obs. form of monster. |