monster

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
  2. noun someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  3. noun a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed

Etymology

From Middle English monstre, from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum. Displaced native Old English fīfel and Old English þyrs.

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