Anonymous definition
An anonymous author.
An anonymous letter.
An author who does not put his name on his books is an example of someone who is anonymous.
An anonymous office block in a soulless industrial estate.
An anonymous letter.
An anonymous pamphlet; an anonymous subscription.
An anonymous author.
Origin of anonymous
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Borrowed into English around 1600 from Late Latin anonymus, from Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (anōnumos, “without name”), from ἀν- (an, “without”) + ὄνυμα (onuma), Aeolic dialectal form of ὄνομα (onoma, “name”).
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