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      "From ab- + normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous,1 from Latin abnormis (\u201cdeparting from normal\u201d), from either (ab- (\u201caway from\u201d) + norma (\u201crule, norm\u201d)),2 or Ancient Greek \u1f00\u03bd\u03ce\u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 (an\u1e53malos)3."
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            "mean": "Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type. \n1899,  Arthur Conan Doyle,  chapter 6, in  A Duet:And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station."
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            "mean": "Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health. \n1904,  Jack London,  chapter 23, in  The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan\u2019s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, \u2192OCLC:Furuseth was right; I was abnormal, an \"emotionless monster,\" a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.\n1936,  Rollo Ahmed,  The Black Art, London: Long, page 161:Many of the so-called rites of these secret societies were so patently ridiculous, that it is quite obvious that they were merely an excuse for men and women to indulge in sex-play and lustful gratification, frequently of an abnormal kind."
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            "mean": "A person or object that is not normal."
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            "mean": "^  Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 , \u2192ISBN), page 3\n\n ^  Morris, William, editor(1969)The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, NY American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., published 1971, \u2192ISBN, page3\n\n ^  Christine A. Lindberg, editor(2002),\u201cabnormal\u201d, inThe Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y. Spark Publishing, \u2192ISBN, page3.\n\n\u2191 4.0 4.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors(2002),\u201cabnormal\u201d, inThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y. Oxford University Press, \u2192ISBN, page6."
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