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| a·non·y·mous [ ə nónnəməss ] |
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1. unnamed: whose name is not known or not given
  the anonymous author
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2. with name withheld: with the performer's, maker's, or creator's identity withheld
an anonymous letter
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3. indistinctive: lacking individuality or distinctiveness
a quirkiness unsuited to an anonymous shopping mall
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4. preventing identification: obscuring somebody's identity, or allowing somebody to go unnoticed
a thief who lost his pursuers in an anonymous crowd
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| [Early 17th century. < late Latin anonymus< Greek anōnumos "unnamed" < onuma "name"] |
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| a·non·y·mous·ness noun |
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