monstruous
/ˈmɒnstrʊəs/Now rare
adjective
= monstrous.
- Common especially in the 16th–17th centuries..
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Lydgate (c1370–c1449), poet and prior of Hatfield Regis. From Middle French monstrueux and its etymon classical Latin mōnstruōsus, variant of mōnstrōsus.
- back to (or at) square one
- back-to-school
- back to the drawing board
- backtrack
- back-translation
- back up
- backup
- backup light
- backveld
- backvelder
- backward
- backwardation
- backward caste
- backward class
- backward classes
- backward-compatible
- backward difference
- backward integration
- backward-looking
- backwardly
- backwardly compatible
- backward masking
- backwardness
- backward roll
- backwards