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anonymous definition

anony·mous (ə nänə məs)

adjective

  1. with no name known or acknowledged
  2. given, written, etc. by a person whose name is withheld or unknown
  3. not easily distinguished from others or from one another because of a lack of individual features or character

Etymology: LL anonymus < Gr anōnymos < an-, without + onyma, name

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