| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·nom·a·lous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -n m -ls |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Deviating from the normal or common order, form, or rule. 2. Equivocal, as in classification or nature. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Late Latin an malos, from Greek, uneven : probably from an-, not; see a–1 + homalos, even (from homos, same; see sem-1 in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | a·noma·lous·ly —ADVERB
a·noma·lous·ness —NOUN
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