abnormity

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English

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Etymology

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From abnorm(al) +‎ -ity, from Late Latin abnormitas, from Latin abnormis (irregular, abnormal), from ab + norm (rule, pattern). See also abnormous.

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Noun

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abnormity (countable and uncountable, plural abnormities)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of abnormality [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
    • 1893, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, Real Folks[1]:
      Why do critics—some of them—make such short, smart work,—such cheerful, confident despatch, nowadays, of a story with religion in it, as if it were an abnormity,—a thing with sentence of death in itself, like a calf born with two heads,—that needs not their trouble, save to name it as it is?
    • 2017, Xinhua News, China says launch of Long March-5 Y2 "unsuccessful"[2]:
      Abnormity was detected during the flight of the rocket, which blasted off at 7:23 p.m. Sunday from Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern province of Hainan.
  2. A monstrosity [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abnormity”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.