adj. 1. Having an unknown or unacknowledged name: an anonymous author. 2. Having an unknown or withheld authorship or agency: an anonymous letter. 3. Having no distinctive character or recognition factor: "They were carried over a bridge above an anonymous parade of shops" (Elizabeth Speller). [From Late Latin anōnymus, from Greek anōnumos, nameless : an-, without; see A-1 + onuma, name (influenced by earlier nōnumnos, nameless); see n-men- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] a·nony·mous·ly adv. a·nony·mous·ness n. |
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