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abnormal

Abnormal, a.

Etymology: [For earlier anormal.F. anormal, LL. anormalus for anomalus, Gr. abnormis. See Anomalous, Abnormous, Anormal.]

Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular. "That deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular. " Froude.

Shades of meaning

Fernald lists abnormal only as an antonym, under normal.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.

Synonyms

none given

Antonyms