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The definition of anomalous is something abnormal or deviating from the usual method.

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A person with 50 piercings and tattoos is an example of someone who is anomalous.

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See anomalous in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

deviating from the regular arrangement, general rule, or usual method; abnormal
being or seeming to be inconsistent, contradictory, or improper

Origin: LL anomalus < Gr anōmalos < an-, not + homalos < homos, same

Related Forms:

anomalously adverb
anomalousness noun

See anomalous in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Deviating from the normal or common order, form, or rule.
Equivocal, as in classification or nature.

Origin:

Origin: From Late Latin anōmalos

Origin: , from Greek, uneven

Origin: : probably from an-, not; see a-¹

Origin: + homalos, even (from homos, same; see sem-¹ in Indo-European roots)

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Related Forms:

a·nomˈa·lous·ly adverb

a·nomˈa·lous·ness noun

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