monstrosity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
    lusus naturae; freak; monster.
  2. noun something hideous or frightful
    • they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity

WordNet

Mon*stros"i*ty noun
Etymology
Cf. F. monstruosité. See Monstrous.
Wordforms
plural Monstrosities
Definitions
  1. The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature; that which is monstrous; a monster. South.
    A monstrosity never changes the name or affects the immutability of a species. Adanson (Trans. ).

Webster 1913