ETYM Old Eng. monstre, French monstre, from Latin monstrum, orig., a divine omen, indicating misfortune; akin of monstrare to show, point out, indicate, and monere to warn. Related to Monition, Demonstrate, Muster.
1. An imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts.
2. A cruel wicked and inhuman person; SYN. fiend, devil, demon, ogre.
3. (Medicine) A grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus. + prikaži više

In voodoo worship, a corpse made by witchcraft to move and walk as if alive; slang, a person of the lowest order of intelligence.
Corpse believed to be reanimated by a spirit and enslaved. The idea, widespread in Haiti, possibly arose from voodoo priests using the nerve poison tetrodotoxin (from the puffer fish) to produce a semblance of death from which the victim afterwards physically recovers. Those eating incorrectly prepared puffer fish in Japan have been similarly affected.
Several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur; SYN. zombi. + prikaži više