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Quality of being anomalous.

Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous. We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men. Burke. As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly.…

The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon,…

Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia. -- An`to*no*mas"tic*al*ly, adv.

Antonomasia.

The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing; as, "He has gone to town," for, "He has gone to London."

A species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet.

An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sage and fig leaves.

Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.

A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer. Dunglison.

Of or pertaining to carcinoma.

Divination by means of a suspended sieve.

Divination by means of the laurel.

Magic in which the aid of demons is invoked; black or infernal magic. Bp. Hurd.

A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils.

Hostility to images as objects of worship. [R.]

A mania or infatuation for icons, whether as objects of devotion, bric-a-brac, or curios.

) See Capnomor.

divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought.

See Lymphoma.