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anonymous

a·non·y·mous [ ə nónnəməss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. unnamed: whose name is not known or not given
the anonymous author

2. with name withheld: with the performer's, maker's, or creator's identity withheld
an anonymous letter

3. indistinctive: lacking individuality or distinctiveness
a quirkiness unsuited to an anonymous shopping mall

4. preventing identification: obscuring somebody's identity, or allowing somebody to go unnoticed
a thief who lost his pursuers in an anonymous crowd

[Early 17th century. < late Latin anonymus< Greek anōnumos "unnamed" < onuma "name"]

a·non·y·mous·ness noun
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