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  • noun Obsolete form of monster.

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Examples

  • At the desertes of Egyptes was a worthi man, that was an holy heremyte; and there mette with hym a monstre, (that is to seyne, a monstre is a thing difformed azen kynde both of man or of best or of ony thing elles: and that is cleped a monstre).

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • At the desertes of Egyptes was a worthi man, that was an holy heremyte; and there mette with hym a monstre, (that is to seyne, a monstre is a thing difformed azen kynde both of man or of best or of ony thing elles: and that is cleped a monstre).

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • At the desertes of Egyptes was a worthi man, that was an holy heremyte; and there mette with hym a monstre, (that is to seyne, a monstre is a thing difformed azen kynde both of man or of best or of ony thing elles: and that is cleped a monstre).

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584

  • When he was with them, he believed in them, the ci-devant "monstre"; he never contradicted them, and he made them shine.

    Ferragus Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • When he was with them, he believed in them, the ci-devant "monstre"; he never contradicted them, and he made them shine.

    The Thirteen Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • But even though ambition has soured and twisted her personality and comes perilously close to wrecking her daughter's life, you are at all times aware that Ms. Feldshuh's Mama Rose is a human being, not a Godzilla-like monstre sacré made of pig iron or solid brass.

    If Mama Was Human Terry Teachout 2012

  • It would interesting to know what the "monstre sacré", Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, OP, thought of De Lubac's "rehabilitation?"

    The Cardinal 2009

  • This hit de monstre by Carl Douglas promised, insofar as the discipline demonstrates, that les beaux arts could accommodate kung fu pimping and produce knowledge-effects appropriate to discrete genres while accommodating the specificity of the cinema.

    Les Cahiers du Kung Fu Pimping Cinema Con Chapman 2011

  • Well, not precisely, although that is what the French are calling it—le monstre de mer.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • Well, not precisely, although that is what the French are calling it—le monstre de mer.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

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