monstrocious

adj

Etymology

Blend of monstrous + ferocious, or blend of monstrous + atrocious; or back-formation from monstrosity after ferocity, atrocity.

  1. derived from ferōx
  2. compounded as monstrocious — “monstrous + ferocious

Definitions

  1. monstrous

    • signs, which from their very huge monstrosity and wickedness, cannot be hid [...] Piety of ordinary and applied discernment, cannot mistake the marks monstrocious.
    • Fishermen "are not the monstrocious killers everyone's portraying," Guptill says. "They're not in the business to annihilate species; we want [a future fishery] for our children."
  2. enormous

    enormous; frighteningly or impressively large

    • "Ef he ain't de beatenest chil' !" she wheezed; "namin' dat monstrocious dawg after de Jedge !"
    • MLB’s opening day is officially here, and we’re celebrating here at Foodbeast by highlighting some of the most monstrocious food that is being introduced around Major League ball parks.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA