Meanings
adjectiveunanatomical (comparative more unanatomical, superlative most unanatomical)
comparative more unanatomical · superlative most unanatomical
- Not anatomical.
[…] a politely apolitical and unanatomical language for figuring sexual difference […]
2007, Julian B. Carter, The Heart of Whiteness, page 81 - Not anatomically correct.
[…] the action, being no longer impeded by these mechanical obstacles, is far more varied; but still the figures are unanatomical and graceless in the extreme.
1840, Friendship's Offering: And Winter's Wreath, page 71
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
- Proto-Hellenic*aná
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
- Ancient Greekἀνα- (ana-)
- Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
- Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
- Ancient Greekἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)
- Ancient Greekἀνατομή (anatomḗ)
- Latinanatomia
- Frenchanatomie
- Frenchanatomique
- Latinanatomicus
- Englishanatomic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishanatomical
- Englishunanatomical
From un- + anatomical.
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APA
unanatomical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unanatomical
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“unanatomical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unanatomical. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unanatomical,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unanatomical.
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