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单词 abnormous
释义 abnormous, a.|æbˈnɔːməs|
[f. L. abnorm-is irregular (f. ab away from + norma rule) + -ous. Cf. enormous.]
‘Irregular, misshapen.’ J. (no quot.) Hence abˈnormously adv. rare.
[Not in Phillips 1706.]1742Bailey, Abnormous, mishapen, vast, huge.1771Antiq. Sarisb. 240 Sir Toby Matthews was a character equally if not of a more abnormous cast than his suspected coadjutor.1838–9Hallam Hist. Lit. IV. iv. v. §48. 251 The general structure of the couplet through the seventh century may be called abnormous.1846Grote Greece I. i. 3 (1862) The former [divine myths] being often the more extravagant and abnormous in their incidents.1878Trollope Is he Popenjoy? II. ii. 26 A brat so abnormously distasteful and abominable.
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