*strou*

a. Blusterous. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. in a period of sexual inactivity; -- of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season.
Syn. -- dioestrous, dioestrual. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. in a period of sexual inactivity; -- of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season.
Syn. -- diestrous, diestrual. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. désastreux. See Disaster. ] 1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The moon
In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; ending in utter failure or ruin; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. Shak.

-- Dis*as"trous*ly, adv. -- Dis*as"trous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- (intens.) + trouble. ] To trouble. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. il- not + lustrous. ] Without luster. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Characterized by imposture; deceitful. “Impostrous pretense of knowledge.” Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. latirostre. See Latirostres. ] (Zool.) Having a broad beak. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. lustreux. See 3d Luster. ] Bright; shining; luminous. “ Good sparks and lustrous.” Shak. -- Lus"trous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. (Zool.) Having only one estrus period per breeding cycle or per year; -- of certain mammals. [ PJC ]

a. [ OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster. ] 1. Marvelous; strange. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love . . . is unnatural and monstrous in his affections. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful. [ 1913 Webster ]

So bad a death argues a monstrous life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Abounding in monsters. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide
Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Exceedingly; very; very much. “A monstrous thick oil on the top.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

And will be monstrous witty on the poor. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a monstrous manner; unnaturally; extraordinarily; as, monstrously wicked. “Who with his wife is monstrously in love.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual, extraordinary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Opiniaster. [ Obs. ]. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Sinister. ] 1. Being on the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral. “Sinistrous gravity.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wrong; absurd; perverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

A knave or fool can do no harm, even by the most sinistrous and absurd choice. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With a tendency to use the left hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many, in their infancy, are sinistrously disposed, and divers continue all their life left-handed. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of coarse blanket or garment used by the North American Indians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Material for strouds; a kind of coarse cloth used in trade with the North American Indians. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Strut. ] To swell; to puff out; to project. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]