monstrosify
monstrosify verb: to make into a monstrosity.
Verb
monstrosify (third-person singular simple present monstrosifies, present participle monstrosifying, simple past and past participle monstrosified)
- To make into a monstrosity.
- XXXII. Honour and right principle. [Lord Byron monstrosified by Dr. Faustus, and his own vanity, (over and above the romantic defamation of extravagant admirers.)] The heart and the lips,1835, Laughton Osborn, “Contents of Vol. I.”, in Confessions of a Poet, volume First, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, page vii
- We have Corinthian columns placed beside pilasters of no order at all, surmounted by monstrosified pepper-boxes, Gothic in form and Grecian in detail, in a building nominally and peculiarly national;[…]1837 November, Kata Phusin [pseudonym; John Ruskin], “The Poetry of Architecture: No. 1. Introduction”, in J. C. Loudon, editor, The Architectural Magazine, volume IV, number 45, London: Longman...
Forms of monstrosify
| third-person singular present | monstrosifies |
|---|---|
| present participle | monstrosifying |
| past participle | monstrosified |
| past | monstrosified |
Origin of monstrosify
From monstrosity + -ify.
Questions about monstrosify
- What does monstrosify mean?
- Monstrosify means to make into a monstrosity.
- What part of speech is monstrosify?
- Monstrosify is a verb.
- What is the past tense of monstrosify?
- The past tense of monstrosify is monstrosified.
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