freak

freak
n
1. caprice, capricious notion, whim, vagary; crotchet, quip, quirk, kink, maggot; eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity; humor, fancy, whimsy, whimsicality, capriccio; fad, fantasy, craze; turn, twist.
2. aberration, anomaly, abnormality, irregularity; curiosity, oddity, rara avis; monster, monstrosity, mis-creation, Biol. teratism, malformation; abortion, mutant, deformity, freak of nature, lusus naturae; hermaphrodite, two-headed person.
3. chimera, cockatrice, kraken, dragon, Heraldry. wyvern, Arabian Myth. roc; Cyclops, mermaid, sagit-tary, ogre; All Class. Myth. hydra, hippocampus, basilisk, griffin, centaur, Harpy, Minotaur.
4.Sl. enthusiast, fan, devotee, Inf. buff, Sl. nut; addict, drug addict, hippie, Sl. head, Sl. acid-head, Sl. pillhead, Sl. dopenik, Sl. doper. See addict.

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  • freak — freak …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Freak — Freak …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

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  • Freak — Freak, n. [Prob. from OE. frek bold, AS. frec bold, greedly; akin to OHG. freh greedly, G. frech insolent, Icel. frekr greedy, Goth. fa[ i]hufriks avaricious.] 1. A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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