Mon*stros"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Monstrosities (#). [Cf. F.
monstruosité. See Monstrous.] The state of
being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature; that which is
monstrous; a monster. South.
A monstrosity never changes the name or affects
the immutability of a species.
Adanson (Trans.
).