freak of nature
A monstrosity; a malformation; an abnormal organismA monstrosity; a malformation; an abnormal organism.
» Tom is a freak of nature.
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2 sensesA monstrosity; a malformation; an abnormal organism.
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.
Examples
5 sentencesTom is a freak of nature.
Tom is a physical freak of nature.
You're not a freak of nature, come here.
There is nothing much we can do against the freaks of nature.
Is man really the pinnacle of Creation, or just a freak of nature?
deIst der Mensch wirklich die Krone der Schöpfung oder nur eine Laune der Natur? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From lusus naturae, from Latin lūsus nātūrae (literally “sport of nature”), originally useFrom lusus naturae, from Latin lūsus nātūrae (literally “sport of nature”), originally used to explain fossils or abnormalities such as two-headed snakes.
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Forms
plural: freaks of nature| Singular | freak of nature |
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irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
11 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.