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abnormity|æbˈnɔːmɪtɪ|
[ad. L. abnormitas, noun of quality from abnormis; see next.]
1. The quality of being abnormal or irregular; contrariety to the ordinary rule or type; irregularity, deformity, monstrosity.
1731Bailey, Abnormity, mishapeness, hugeness. [Not in Phillips 1706, nor in Johnson 1755.]
2. A special instance or embodiment of such irregularity; an abnormal or irregular form; a monstrosity or malformation.
1859Westm. Rev. XXXI. 91 [The baby] rivalled that physiological abnormity by coming into the world with a file and hammer in his hand. 1865C. C. Blake in Reader No. 145. 409/2 Such an abnormity as the Neanderthal skull. 1871Mrs. Whitney Real Folks (1872) xix. 258 An abnormity..like a calf born with two heads. |