English Explanatory Dictionary

freak of nature

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A monstrosity; a malformation; an abnormal organism.
  2. In the variety-show business, a person or an animal on exhibition as showing some strange deviation from nature, such as a bearded woman or an albino.

Word forms

freak of nature freaks of nature

Etymology

From lusus naturae, from Latin lūsus nātūrae (literally “sport of nature”), originally used to explain fossils or abnormalities such as two-headed snakes.

Synonyms

aberration abnormality anomaly deformity freak monster mutant mutation oddity rarity lusus naturae

Related words

force of nature
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