Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-NOM'A-LOUS
A-NOM-A-LIS'TIC, or A-NOM-A-LIS'TIC-ALA-NOM'A-LOUS-LY
A-NOM'A-LOUS, a.
Irregular; deviating from a general rule, method or analogy; applied, in grammar, to words which deviate from the common rules in inflection; and in astronomy, to the seemingly irregular motions of the planets; but applied also generally to whatever is irregular; as, an anomalous character; anomalous pronunciation.
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