lusus naturae

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From the loathsome lusus naturae of behemoth horror series to the sprawling cosmopolis of complex management simulators, video games often feature wrenched contortions of the natural world as core tenets in environmental design.

From The Verge • Feb. 13, 2020

The gossips all turn from the task of nibbling one another, and the character of the lusus naturae becomes public property.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 404, December 12, 1829 by Various

This appeal, which was evidently meant in deep earnest, moved the mind of the young lady with so great astonishment that she looked at Pitt as at a lusus naturae.

From A Red Wallflower by Warner, Susan

All men, the monster and the lusus naturae excepted, have a certain form, a certain complement of limbs, a certain internal structure, and organs of sense—may we not add further, certain powers of intellect?

From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by Godwin, William

He has something of their exaggeration, something of their cant, something of their fondness for anomalies and lusus naturae in morality.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron