Tĕr'a-tŏl'o-gy, n.

n. [Fr. tératologie, from Gr. τέρας, τέρατος, a wonder, monster, and λόγος, discourse; Gr. τερατολογία, a telling of wonders.]

1. The science which treats of malformations and monstrosities.
2. Bombast in language; affectation of sublimity. [Obs.] Bailey.