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lusus naturae
[ loo-suhs nuh-toor-ee, -tyoor-ee ]
noun
- a deformed person or thing; freak.
lusus naturae
/ ˈluːsʊs næˈtʊəriː /
noun
- a freak, mutant, or monster
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lusus naturae1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lusus naturae1
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Example Sentences
If there is in fact no such, he is, in his high attainment, almost a lusus naturae.
The palm tree seems a kind of lusus naturae to the northern eye—an exotic wherever you meet it.
The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae.
The gossips all turn from the task of nibbling one another, and the character of the lusus naturae becomes public property.
I may mention here that male kangaroos are sometimes found provided with pouches; but these, I conceive, are lusus Naturae.
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