- monster
- monster [män′stər]n.[ME monstre < OFr < L monstrum, divine portent of misfortune, monster < monere, to admonish, warn: see MONITOR]1. any plant or animal of abnormal shape or structure, as one greatly malformed or lacking some parts; monstrosity2. any imaginary creature part human and part animal in form, as a centaur, or made up of the parts of two or more different animals, as a dragon3. something monstrous4. a person so cruel, wicked, depraved, etc. as to horrify others5. any huge animal or thing6. Pathology a malformed fetus, esp. one with an excess or deficiency of limbs or parts; teratismadj.huge; enormous; monstrous
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.