Meanings
plural abnormities
- alternativecountablerareuncountableAlternative form of abnormalityFirst known use First attested in the mid 18ᵗʰ century.
Abnormity was detected during the flight of the rocket, which blasted off at 7:23 p.m. Sunday from Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern province of Hainan.
2017, Xinhua News, China says launch of Long March-5 Y2 "unsuccessful"1 more example
Why do critics—some of them—make such short, smart work,—such cheerful, confident despatch, nowadays, of a story with religion in it, as if it were an abnormity,—a thing with sentence of death in itself, like a calf born with two heads,—that needs not their trouble, save to name it as it is?
1893, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, Real FolksSynonyms: abnormality, aberrant
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAlternative form of abnormality
Origin
- Latinabnormis“irregular, abnormal”
- Late Latinabnormitas
- Englishabnormity
From abnorm(al) + -ity, from Late Latin abnormitas, from Latin abnormis (“irregular, abnormal”), from ab + norm (“rule, pattern”). See also abnormous.
More words from Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch abnormaliteit
- abnormaliteitdeparture from the ordinary type
Greek ανωμαλία, τερατούργημα
- ανωμαλία (anomalía)departure from the ordinary type
- τερατούργημα (teratoúrgima)departure from the ordinary type
Norwegian Bokmål abnormitet
- abnormitetdeparture from the ordinary type
Romanian nenormalitate, abnormalitate
- nenormalitatedeparture from the ordinary type
- abnormalitatedeparture from the ordinary type
Cite this entry
abnormity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abnormity
“abnormity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abnormity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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