Monster

monster, n. anything out of the usual course of nature a prodigy anything horrible from ugline or wickedne [Lit a warning or portent, Fr. L. monsirum a divine omen or warning, a bad omen, a monster moneo to warn, admonish root man, to think See Man, Mind Monstrance, mon's trans, v in the R Cath. Church, the utensil m which the consecrated wafer shewn to the congregation [Fr.— L. monstro, to shew monstrum, an omen Monstrosity, mon-stios'i-ti. state of being tnonstrou\. an unnatural production. Monstrous, mon's truc, adj out of the common course of nature enormous wonderful hor- — rible adv Monstrously. Month, nnmth, n tlie period of one revolution of the moon (now distinguished as a ‘lunar* month] one of the twelve parts of the year (a ‘calendar' month). [A.S. monath—mona, the moon, bee Moon