abnormal
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abnormal
- /ˌæbˈnɔː.məl/ UK
- /ˌæbˈnɔɹ.ml̩/ US
- /əbˈnɔɹ.ml̩/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)məl
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Italic *ap
Latin abder.
Latin ab-bor.
English ab-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti
Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider.
Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō
Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ
Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)
Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor.
Etruscanbor.?
Latin norma
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin nōrmālisder.
English normal
English abnormal
From ab- + normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous, from Latin abnormis (“departing from normal”), from either ab- (“away from”) + norma (“rule, norm”), or Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos).
adjective more abnormal · most abnormal · anormal · abnormous
- Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type. And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
- Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health. Furuseth was right; I was abnormal, an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.
noun abnormals · anormal · abnormous
- A person or object that is not normal.
