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wangedrocht — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abortion noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the foetus can survive on its own.
  • monstrosity noun Something grotesquely large, ugly, or badly designed.

Senses

wangedrocht is used for these senses in English:

  • abortion (figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity. [from 16th c.]
  • monstrosity A monstrous person, thing, or act.

abortion — full definition

  1. noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the foetus can survive on its own.
  2. noun A pregnancy that ends naturally and too early to produce a surviving baby; a miscarriage.
  3. noun The failure or collapse of a plan, project, or process partway through.

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