monstrosity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: monstrosity	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for monstrosity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monstrosity n a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed Synonym(s): freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae something hideous or frightful; "they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monstrosity \Monstros"ity\, n.; pl. {Monstrosities}. [Cf. F. monstruosit[82]. See {Monstrous}.] 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. ).
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
monstrosity 1. n. A ridiculously {elephantine} program or system, esp. one that is buggy or only marginally functional. 2. adj. The quality of being monstrous (see `Overgeneralization' in the discussion of jargonification). See also {baroque}.