abnormal

[Lat. abnormis = without rule: ab from; norma = a carpenter's square (fig., a rule).] Not according to rule; irregular; anomalous, departing from the ordinary type. "Quite recently introduced into English" (Trench: English, Past and Present, p. 48). It is now quite a common word, especially in scientific works. she was reduced into that abnormal and singular condition."-Froude: Hist. of Eng ., ch. iv. "If present in the normal human embryo, they become developed in an abnormal ananner."- Darwin : Descent of Man , ch. iv.