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Word entry · 8 letters

abnormal

Best crossword clue

"Atypical"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˌæbˈnɔː.məl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aablmnorStarts with AEnds with L1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. much greater than the normal

Word origin

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).

Used in a sentence

  • And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
  • Furuseth was right; I was abnormal, an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.

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