Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subnormal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables: sub-nor-mal
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Less than normal.

adj

adj

Derogatory; Offensive

noun

A person whose abilities are less than normal.

noun

That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.

noun

Synonym of denormal.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: below average"
"His intelligence was considered subnormal, but as a musician he was a genius."
"Subnormal numbers cannot be normalized because this would result in an exponent that does not fit into the exponent field."
"the IQ scores of mental subnormals"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor. Etruscanbor.? Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal English subnormal From sub- + normal.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more subnormal (comparative) most subnormal (superlative) subnormals (plural)

Derived Forms

subnormality subnormally

Synonyms

below average denormal

Antonyms

supernormal

Questions

What does subnormal mean?: Less than normal.
Where does subnormal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor. Etruscanbor.? Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal English subnormal From sub- + normal.

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