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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)
- (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
- 1976, Joni Mitchell, "Song for Sharon":
- (countable) That which is anonymous.
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Translations
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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unknown
English
Etymology
From un- +? known, past participle of know. Compare Old English ungecnawen.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?n??n/
- (US) enPR: ?n-n?n?, IPA(key): /?n?no?n/
Adjective
unknown (comparative more unknown, superlative most unknown)
- (sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.
- Synonyms: anonymous, unfamiliar, uncharted, undiscovered, unexplored, unidentified, unnamed, unrecognized, unrevealed, unascertained, obscure, unsung
- Antonyms: well-known, famous, known
Derived terms
- unknown quantity
Translations
Noun
unknown (plural unknowns)
- (algebra) A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
- Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.
- A person of no identity; a nonentity
- 1965, Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone"
- How does it feel
- To be on your own
- With no direction home
- Like a complete unknown
- Like a rolling stone?
- 1965, Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone"
Translations
Verb
unknown
- past participle of unknow
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