monstrueux

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French

Etymology

From Latin mōnstruōsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃s.tʁy.ø/
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Adjective

monstrueux (feminine monstrueuse, masculine plural monstrueux, feminine plural monstrueuses)

  1. monstrous
    • 1895, R. von Krafft-Ebing, Psychopathia Sexualis:
      Dans ces périodes de décadence politique et morale on a vu des aberrations monstrueuses de la vie sexuelle, mais ces aberrations ont pu, du moins en partie, être attribuées à l’état névropathologique ou psychopathologique de la population.
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Descendants

  • German: monströs

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