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anormal, a.|əˈnɔːməl|
[a. Fr. anormal, variant of anomal, found as early as 13th c., ad. med.L. anormalus (sometimes ‘rectified’ to anormālis), a corruption of anōmalus, a. Gr. ἀνώµαλος (see anomalous), due to confusion with norma a rule, and explained as f. Gr. ἀ priv. + norma. In Eng. it has been taken as f. L. ā away from + norma, referred to L. abnormis, and refashioned after it as abnormal.]
= abnormal. In recent use |eɪˈnɔːməl| as antonym of ‘normal’ when the associations of ‘abnormal’, i.e. ‘unhealthy’, ‘unnatural’, would be inappropriate.
1835Hoblyn Dict. Med., Anormal, without rule. 1836Penny Cycl. VI. 476/1 Duméril and Bibron..consider the chameleons and the geckos as two groups absolutely anormal. 1850Nat. Encycl. IX. 161 Upon a form so anormal [the ornithorhyncus] conjecture was busy. 1853Mayne Exp. Lex., Anormal..the same as abnormal. 1936Mind XLV. 504 An important distinction between ‘normal’ and ‘anormal’ series is defined. 1951Essays & Stud. IV. 127 The collocations are unique and personal, that is to say, a-normal. |