dictionary definitions for "abnormal"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" [syn: abnormal, unnatural] [ant:
             normal]
      2: 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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