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adjective
1.
not normal, average, typical, or usual; deviating from a standard: abnormal powers of concentration; an abnormal amount of snow; abnormal behavior.
2.
extremely or excessively large: abnormal profit.
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Abnormal
is always a great word to know.
So is abusive. Does it mean:
| treating badly or injuriously |
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Example Sentences
- And similar abnormal responses have been found in adult monkeys reared by their mothers under stressful conditions.
- These scientists in physics field are really mad, no wonder they do abnormal stuff.
- If sarcoidosis affects the liver, then liver function could become abnormal.
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Word Origin & History
abnormal
1835, replaced older anormal and abnormous (1742) under influence of L. abnormis "deviating from a rule," from ab- "off, away from" + norma "rule" (see norm). The older forms were via O.Fr. anormal (13c.), from M.L. anormalos, from Gk. anomalos, from an- "not" + homalos, from
EXPANDhomos "same." The Gk. word was altered in Latin by association with norma.
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