† aˈnomal, a. and n. Obs. rare.
[a. Fr. anomal, ad. L. anōmal-us, a. Gr. ἀνώµαλ-ος irregular, uneven; f. ἀν priv. + ὁµαλ-ός even.]
A. adj. Irregular, anomalous.
| 1681 tr. T. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks., Anomal, Irregular, out of order. |
B. n. Anything anomalous; an anomaly.
| 1569 J. Sandford Agrippa's Van. Artes 107 Whiche thinges because they haue neither measure, nor rule, are called Anomals. [1620 Reliq. Wotton. (1672) 261 Irregularitives of Fortune, who hath likewise her Anomola.] 1665 J. Spencer Prodigies 131 A more faithful History of the Anomals in Nature. |