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abnormal
 
SYLLABICATION:ab·nor·mal
PRONUNCIATION:  b-nôrml
ADJECTIVE: Not typical, usual, or regular; not normal; deviant.
ETYMOLOGY:Alteration (influenced by ab–1) of obsolete anormal, from Medieval Latin anormlis, blend of Late Latin abnormis ( Latin ab-, away from; see ab–1 + Latin norma, rule; see gn- in Appendix I) and anmalus; see anomalous.
OTHER FORMS:ab·normal·lyADVERB
 
 
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