Anonymous Definition

ə-nŏnə-məs
adjective
Having an unknown or unacknowledged name.
An anonymous author.
American Heritage
With no name known or acknowledged.
Webster's New World
Having an unknown or withheld authorship or agency.
An anonymous letter.
American Heritage
Given, written, etc. by a person whose name is withheld or unknown.
Webster's New World
Having no distinctive character or recognition factor.
American Heritage
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Origin of Anonymous

  • From Late Latin anōnymus from Greek anōnumos nameless an- without a–1 onuma name (influenced by earlier nōnumnos nameless) nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Late Latin anōnymus from Greek anōnumos nameless an- without a–1 onuma name (influenced by earlier nōnumnos nameless) nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowed into English around 1600 from Late Latin anonymus, from Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (anōnumos, “without name”), from ἀν- (an, “without”) + ὄνυμα (onuma), Aeolic dialectal form of ὄνομα (onoma, “name”).

    From Wiktionary

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