abnormality, irregularity
(noun) behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
abnormality, freakishness
(noun) marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
abnormality, mental defectiveness
(noun) retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
abnormality, abnormalcy
(noun) an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
Source: WordNet® 3.1
abnormality (countable and uncountable, plural abnormalities)
The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
• (state of being abnormal): abnormalcy, anomalousness, enormity, weirdness; see also strangeness
• (something abnormal): aberrant, deviant, outlier; see also anomaly
• normality
Source: Wiktionary
Ab`nor*mal"i*ty, n.; pl. Abnormalities.
1. The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. Darwin.
2. Something abnormal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 November 2024
(noun) a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
