Something extraordinary or unnatural; an amazing event or occurrence; a prodigy, a marvel. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > condition of being abnormal or unnatural > that which is (10) monsterc1384 Something extraordinary or unnatural; an amazing event or occurrence; a prodigy, a marvel. Obsolete. prodigy1595 An unusual or extraordinary thing or occurrence; an anomaly; something abnormal or unnatural; spec. a monster, a freak. aberration1615 Chiefly Biology. Deviation from an expected natural type; an instance of this. unnatural1627 Chiefly in plural. An unnatural person, thing, or state. preternatural1674 A preternatural substance, quality, or being. rare after 18th cent. nonsuch?1706 depreciative. A curiosity, a freak. Obsolete. frisk of nature1809 transferred and figurative. A brisk sportive movement; a frolic; also, a freak, whim. †frisk of nature = freak of nature at freak, n.1 4b. freak of nature1847 More fully freak of nature (cf. lusus naturae, n.): an abnormally developed individual of any species; in recent use (esp. U.S.), a living curiosity… preternaturalism1858 As a count noun: a preternatural occurrence. Now rare. hodmandod1881 Any strange creature; a scarecrow. dialect. |
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