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anonymity

English

Etymology

anonym +? -ity, the root from French anonyme and ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (an?numos).

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æn??n?m?ti/

Noun

anonymity (countable and uncountable, plural anonymities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness. [from 19th c.]
    • 1976, Joni Mitchell, "Song for Sharon":
      Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink
      Circling in singles and in pairs
      In this vigorous anonymity
  2. (countable) That which is anonymous.

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References

  • James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Anonymity”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 347, column 3.
  • anonymity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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maildrop

English

Etymology

mail +? drop

Noun

maildrop (plural maildrops)

  1. A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.

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