ANOMALOUS

ANOM'ALOUS, adjective Irregular; deviating from a general rule, method or analogy; applied, in grammar, to words which deviate from the common rules of inflection; and in astronomy, to the seemingly irregular motions of the planets; but applied also generally to whatever is irregular; as, an anomalous character; anomalous pronunciation.

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anomalous. Anomalous, a. irregular, out of rule, deviating from

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A‐nom″a‐lous (�), a. [[L. anomalus, Gr. � uneven, irregular; αν̓ priv. + � even, � same. See Same, and cf. Abnormal.]] Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding.