anomalism rare.
(əˈnɒməlɪz(ə)m)
[f. Gr. ἀνώµαλ-ος (see anomal) + -ism.]
Anomalousness, irregularity, anomaly; an example of irregularity.
| 1668 Wilkins Real Char. 447 The vast multitude of Anomalisms and exceptions in the inflexions of Verbs. 1796 Pegge Anonym. (1809) 310 This would breed no obscurity by the anomalism, as such modes of spelling would always be perfectly well understood. 1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Hallib. (1864) III. i. 313 She could not understand how so great an anomalism could be. |