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Lusus naturae   Listen
noun
Lusus naturae  n.  Sport or freak of nature; a deformed or unnatural production.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Lusus naturae" Quotes from Famous Books



... had been merry as other children are, "when her little lovers came." She had advanced to her present nearly mature age without perhaps feeling the want of them. But, nevertheless, even in her bosom was living the usual feminine passion for admiration. She was no "lusus naturae," but a woman with a heart, and blood in her veins; and not as yet a very old woman either. And therefore, though she had no idea that Sir Lionel was her lover, she had learned to be fond ...
— The Bertrams • Anthony Trollope



Words linked to "Lusus naturae" :   monster, mutant, variation, leviathan, freak, monstrosity, sport, mutation



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