abnormity
Americannoun
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abnormities
plural
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Etymology
Origin of abnormity
1725–35; < Late Latin abnormitās, equivalent to abnorm ( is ) ( ab- ab- + norm ( a ) rule, norm + -is adj. suffix) + -itās -ity
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Dr. Langenbeck mentions a family of Silesian peasants who seemed to have an hereditary predisposition to the abnormity known as microcephalism, or small-headedness.
From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various
Amongst the Birds of Ceylon, the same abnormity is apparent.
From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Sir James Emerson Tennent
And this one—Hermia Challoner, an enthusiast without a mission—a feminine abnormity, half child, half oracle, wholly irresponsible and yet, by the same token, wholly and delightfully human!
From Madcap by George Gibbs
I'm an animated dollar mark, a financial abnormity, with just about as much chance of being loved for myself alone as a fox in November.
From Madcap by George Gibbs
There is no diabolism about him; for barbaric races, while believing in the existence of hurtful and malicious fiends, have not a sufficiently vivid sense of moral abnormity to form the conception of diabolism.
From Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology by John Fiske
Of course, they abound with eccentric abnormities and startling phenomena.
From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg
As a very fruitful source of morbid conditions of almost every nature, abnormities of the circulation of the blood are well worthy our attention.
From The Electric Bath by George M. Schweig
But in the field of mental abnormities, in the whole world of ideas and emotions and volitions, he simply lacks that background.
From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg
A lack of intelligence carries no weight with her; in fact, a superabundance of mental power or even genius, as abnormities, might have an unfavourable effect.
From Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer
I leave it to physiologists to elucidate the peculiarity of vital phenomena in these unfortunate abnormities of Nature.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
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