a. Obs. [a. Fr. anormal, variant of anomal, found as early as 13th c., ad. med.L. anormalus (sometimes ‘rectified’ to anormālis), a corruption of anōmalus, a. Gr. ἀνώμαλος (see ANOMALOUS), due to confusion with norma a rule, and explained as f. Gr. ἀ priv. + norma. In Eng. it has been taken as f. L. ā away from + norma, referred to L. abnormis, and refashioned after it as ABNORMAL.] = ABNORMAL.

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1835.  Hoblyn, Dict. Med., Anormal, without rule.

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1836.  Penny Cycl., VI. 476/1. Duméril and Bibron … consider the chameleons and the geckos as two groups absolutely anormal.

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1850.  Nat. Encycl., IX. 161. Upon a form so anormal [the ornithorhyncus] conjecture was busy.

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1853.  Mayne, Exp. Lex., Anormal … the same as abnormal.

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