abnormous

English

From Latin abnormis, from ab- + norma (“rule”), +‎ -ous. For more, see normal.

abnormous (comparative more abnormous, superlative most abnormous)

(archaic) Abnormal; irregular; misshapen. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.][1]
- 1777, Edward Ledwich, Antiquitates Sarisburienses: Or, The History and Antiquities of Old and New:
  Sir Toby Matthews was a character equally , if not of a more abnormous cast , than his suspected coadjutor
- 1840, William Edmonds Horner, A Treatise on Special and General Anatomy - Volume 2:
  No branch , except in the abnormous cases , is given off from the common carotid between its origin and bifurcation

Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abnormous”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

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