abnormity
nounUS /æbˈnɔɹ.mɪ.ti/
Etymology From abnorm(al) + -ity, from Late Latin abnormitas, from Latin abnormis (“irregular, abnormal”), from ab + norm (“rule, pattern”). See also abnormous.
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Alternative, Rare Alternative form of abnormality
- Why do critics—some of them—make such short, smart work,—such cheerful, confident despatch, nowadays, of a story with religion in it, as if it were an abnormity,—a thing with sentence of death in itself, like a calf born with two heads,—that needs not their trouble, save to name it as it is?1893, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, Real Folks:
- Abnormity was detected during the flight of the rocket, which blasted off at 7:23 p.m. Sunday from Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern province of Hainan.2017, Xinhua News, China says launch of Long March-5 Y2 "unsuccessful":
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A monstrosity
- Synonyms
- abnormality, weirdness, aberrant, outlier