abnormal
AdjektivSubstantivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˌæbˈnɔː.məl//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˌæbˈnɔɹ.ml̩//
- Vereinigte Staaten//əbˈnɔɹ.ml̩//
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
Adjektiv
- 1
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
Here perhaps one of you might interrupt me and say, 'But what is it that you do, Socrates? How is it that you have been misrepresented like this? Surely all this talk and gossip about you would never have arisen if you had confined yourself to ordinary activities, but only if your behaviour was abnormal. Give us the explanation, if you do not want us to draw our own conclusions.'
- 2
Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
Furuseth was right; I was abnormal, an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.
Many of the so-called rites of these secret societies were so patently ridiculous, that it is quite obvious that they were merely an excuse for men and women to indulge in sex-play and lustful gratification, frequently of an abnormal kind.
Herkunft
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab-bor. English ab- Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor. Etruscanbor.? Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal English abnormal From ab- + normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous, from Latin abnormis (“departing from normal”), from either ab- (“away from”) + norma (“rule, norm”), or Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos).
Substantiv
- 1
A person or object that is not normal.
Formen
- Plural
- abnormals
- Komparativ
- more abnormal
- Superlativ
- most abnormal
abnormal · Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
aboard · On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or…abode · A residence, dwelling or habitation.abomination · An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.