anonymous
Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species .
Adjective 4 meanings
Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species .
Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible.
“an anonymous pamphlet”
Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
“an anonymous author”
Lacking individuality.
“an anonymous office block in a soulless industrial estate”
Etymology
Borrowed into English around 1600 from Late Latin anonymus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώνῠμος (ănṓnŭmos, “without name”), from ᾰ̓ν- (ăn-, “un-”) with ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă), Aeolic and Doric dialectal form of ὄνομᾰ (ónomă, “name”). English equivalent anonym + -ous, its full etymology being an- + -onym + -ous.
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ANONYMOUS at a glance
ANONYMOUS has 9 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (A 1 + N 1 + O 1 + N 1 + Y 4 + M 3 + O 1 + U 1 + S 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,291 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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