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
I am a philosopher, my child, and a happy philosopher would be a lusus naturae, a freak, a subject for a Barnum & Bailey Show.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by Locke, William John
Poor Milly became scarlet, and suddenly devoted herself to the lusus naturae!
From The Eagle Cliff by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
“My cousins,” she remarked, putting a touch on the cow that stamped that animal a lusus naturae for all time coming.
From The Eagle Cliff by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae.
From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
