lusus naturae

1. 1.

   a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed

   Synonymsfreakmonstermonstrosity

   Broadermutant

   Narrowerleviathan

Questions about lusus naturae

What does lusus naturae mean?

lusus naturae means "a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed".

What is another word for lusus naturae?

Close synonyms include freak, monster, monstrosity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lusus naturae a common word?

lusus naturae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.