[ad. L. abnormitas, noun of quality from abnormis; see next.]
1. The quality of being abnormal or irregular; contrariety to the ordinary rule or type; irregularity, deformity, monstrosity.
1731. Bailey, Abnormity, mishapeness, hugeness. [Not in Phillips, 1706, nor in Johnson, 1755.]
2. A special instance or embodiment of such irregularity; an abnormal or irregular form; a monstrosity or malformation.
1859. Westm. Rev., XXXI. 91. [The baby] rivalled that physiological abnormity by coming into the world with a file and hammer in his hand.
1865. C. C. Blake, in Reader, No. 145. 409/2. Such an abnormity as the Neanderthal skull.
1871. Mrs. Whitney, Real Folks (1872), xix. 258. An abnormity … like a calf born with two heads.
