¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monstrosities
1. monstrosity [n] - See also: monstrosity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monstrosities
Literary usage of Monstrosities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of antenatal pathology and hygiene by John William Ballantyne (1904)
"CHAPTER XI The Nosological Theory in Teratogenesis : Fœtal Diseases as Causes of
monstrosities, the Theory and its Critics ; Disease of the Fu-tal Annexa as ..."
2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"TWO FERN monstrosities. (WITH FIVE FIGURES) DURING the summer of 1900 two remarkable
fern monstrosities were found on the Laurel ridge, in northern West ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1843)
"Statistics nf monstrosities!—The following table exhibits the number and variety
of monstrosities in 23413 births in Austria:— Club foot Hare lip Simple ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1837)
"Strictures on Architectural monstrosities, fyc. By T. Juvara. 1835. 5. An Apology
for the Architectural monstrosities of London, fyc. By an Architect. 1835. ..."
5. A Manual of Pathology by Joseph Coats (1903)
"I. monstrosities by excess, in size or number. A. By excess in size, giants, ...
monstrosities by defect in size or formation. A. Defect in size—Dwarfs. ..."