† monˈstriferous, a. Obs.
[f. L. monstr-um: see -ferous.]
Producing or bearing monsters.
| 1558 Knox First Blast (Arb.) 7 This monstriferouse empire of women. 1716 M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 379 Not to be able to stand the Brunt or Medusæan Aspect of his own Monstriferous Bantling. 1891 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |