anormal,a.|əˈnɔːməl|[a.Fr.anormal, variant of anomal, found as early as 13th c.,ad.med.L. anormalus (sometimes ‘rectified’ to anormālis), a corruption of anōmalus, a.Gr.ἀνώµαλος(seeanomalous), due to confusion with norma a rule, and explained asf.Gr.ἀpriv.+ norma. InEng.it has been taken asf.L. ā away from + norma, referred to L. abnormis, and refashioned after it as abnormal.]=abnormal. In recent use|eɪˈnɔːməl|as antonym of ‘normal’ when the associations of ‘abnormal’, i.e. ‘unhealthy’, ‘unnatural’, would be inappropriate.1835HoblynDict.Med.,Anormal, without rule.1836PennyCycl.VI. 476/1Duméril and Bibron..consider the chameleons and the geckos as two groups absolutely anormal.1850Nat.Encycl.IX. 161Upon a form so anormal[the ornithorhyncus]conjecture was busy.1853MayneExp.Lex.,Anormal..the same as abnormal.1936Mind XLV. 504An important distinction between ‘normal’ and ‘anormal’ series is defined.1951Essays &Stud.IV. 127The collocations are unique and personal, that is to say, a-normal.