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Abnormal

//ˌæbˈnɔː.məl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.

    "And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station."

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.

    "Furuseth was right; I was abnormal, an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind."

Adjective
  1. 1
    much greater than the normal wordnet
  2. 2
    not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm wordnet
  3. 3
    departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person or object that is not normal.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From ab- + normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous, from Latin abnormis (“departing from normal”), from either (ab- (“away from”) + norma (“rule, norm”)), or Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos).

Etymology 2

From ab- + normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous, from Latin abnormis (“departing from normal”), from either (ab- (“away from”) + norma (“rule, norm”)), or Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos).

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