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quixotic
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Quixote, the surname of Don Quixote, the titular character in the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, +? -ic.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kw?k?s?t?k/
- (US) IPA(key): /kw?k?s?t?k/, /kw???z?t?k/, /ki??z?t?k/
- (rare) IPA(key): /ki??t?k/
- Rhymes: -?t?k
Adjective
quixotic (comparative more quixotic, superlative most quixotic)
- Possessing or acting with the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality; exceedingly idealistic.
- Impulsive.
- Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded.
Usage notes
Although the term is derived from the name of the character Don Quixote, the letters qu and x are both read as is usual for English spelling (/kw/ and /ks/), possibly due to analogy with exotic. In "Don Quixote", by contrast, the pronunciation more closely resembles the modern Spanish (/k/ and /h~x/).
Derived terms
- quixotically
Translations
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abnormal
English
Alternative forms
- anormal
- (obsolete) abnormous
Etymology
From ab- +? normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous, from Latin abnormis (“departing from normal”), from either (ab- (“away from”) + norma (“rule, norm”)), or Ancient Greek ???????? (an?malos).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?æb?n??.ml?/, /?b?n??.ml?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m?l
Adjective
abnormal (comparative more abnormal, superlative most abnormal)
- Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type. [First attested around the mid 19th century.]
- Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health. [First attested around the early 20th century.]
Synonyms
- (not conforming to rule or system; deviating from type): aberrant, anomalous, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, irregular, preternatural, strange, unusual.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: abnormal
Translations
Noun
abnormal (plural abnormals)
- A person or object that is not normal.
References
Cebuano
Etymology
From English abnormal.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ab?nor?mal
Adjective
abnormal
- abnormal; deviating from the usual or normal type
- retarded; having mental retardation; mentally deficient
- stupid; lacking in intelligence
Noun
abnormal
- a retard
- a stupid person
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:abnormal.
Derived terms
- abno
- abnoy
German
Etymology
Related to Latin ab- and normal
Pronunciation
Adjective
abnormal (comparative abnormaler, superlative am abnormalsten)
- abnormal
Declension
Related terms
- Abnormalität
Further reading
- “abnormal” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English abnormal, from Latin abn?rmis (“departing from normal”), from both ab- (“away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h?epó (“off, away”), and from n?rma (“norm, standard; rule, precept”) (with the suffix -is), from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek ?????? (gn?m?n, “examiner, carpenter's square”), from ???????? (gign?sk?, “I am aware of”) (with the suffix -??? (-m?n, “I am aware of”), from Proto-Indo-European *-m?), from Proto-Indo-European *?i?neh?- (with the suffix -??? (-sk?), from Proto-Indo-European *-s?éti), from Proto-Indo-European *?neh?- (“to know”). Equivalent to abnorm +? -al, suffix from French -al (“-al”), from Middle French, from Old French -al, from Latin -?lis, from Proto-Indo-European *-li-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abn?r?m??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
- Hyphenation: ab?nor?mal
Adjective
abnormal (neuter singular abnormalt, definite singular and plural abnormale, comparative mer abnormal, superlative mest abnormal)
- abnormal (not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.)
- abnormal psykologi
- abnormal psychology
- Synonyms: anormal, unormal, uvanlig, usedvanlig, ualminnelig, overordentlig
- Antonyms: normal, vanlig, ordinær, gjennomsnittlig
- abnormal psykologi
References
- “abnormal” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “abnormal” in Store norske leksikon
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