Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abnormal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abnormal \Ab*nor"mal\, a. [For earlier anormal.F. anormal, LL.
anormalus for anomalus, Gr. ?. Confused with L. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abnormal
adj 1: not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to
a norm; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal
amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an
abnormal interest in food" [ant: {normal}]
2: (psychology) departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence
and development; "they were heartbroken when they learned
their child was abnormal"; "an abnormal personality" [ant:
{normal}]
3: much greater than the normal; "abnormal profits"; "abnormal
ambition"
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