Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An anonymous person.
- noun A pseudonym.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An assumed or false name.
- noun An anonymous person.
- noun In zoology, a mere name; a name resting upon no diagnosis or other recognized basis.
- noun Also spelled
anonyme .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who is anonymous; also sometimes used for “pseudonym.”
- noun rare A notion which has no name, or which can not be expressed by a single English word.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
anonymous person. - noun An assumed or false
name ; apseudonym . - noun zoology A mere name; a name resting upon no diagnosis or other recognized basis.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Wow, anonym, that is an amazingly ignorant comment.
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Unless 'anonym' is a common term in sci-fi thrillers, you'd do well to define it.
HH Com 546 Miss Snark 2006
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Strangely, the system allowed me to post as anonym only - but I'm the good old Lady Jane Grey
Bespoke Perfumes? Perfume in the Glossies March 2008. Marina Geigert 2008
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And indeed, beyond its chic-looking lobby, behind the large black doors, the style-conscious anonym (and several other visitors) described a backroom with cages and fenced-in playpens more typical of a traditional shelter.
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Hijacking every video screen, the anonym delivers an ultimatum.
HH Com 546 Miss Snark 2006
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Hijacking every video screen, the anonym delivers an ultimatum.
Archive 2006-12-24 Miss Snark 2006
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Hijacking every video screen, the anonym delivers an ultimatum.
12/24/2006 - 12/31/2006 Miss Snark 2006
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Yeah this is totally one of those areas fair weather bloggers will totally slam, and later when iphone is down on its luck will do a 180 and slam it for not having a physical keyboard. reply anonym
HTC Killed The Physical Keyboard. Smart Move. MG Siegler 2005
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If so, the anonym must have lived before the Sung Dynasty.
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Harper's Weekly — happily no one can now prove them on me, for even at that jejune period I had the prudence to use an anonym — the Harpers, luckily for me, declined to publish a volume of my poems.
seanahan commented on the word anonym
As Bilby says, intriguing.... I suppose when doing this you are being anonymous, but I would have thought this meant to go without using any name.
December 28, 2007
qms commented on the word anonym
I knew an old fellow called Jim
Who told me it once was his whim
To take a new name
And make it a game
To live a few days anonym.
December 12, 2017
Logophile77 commented on the word anonym
(for AVoid5) a username.
January 15, 2018