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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANON'YMOUS, a [L. anonymus; Gr. name. See Name.]
Nameless; wanting a name; without the real name of the author; as, an anonymous pamphlet.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having no known name or identity or known source; "anonymous authors"; "anonymous donors"; "an anonymous gift" [syn: anonymous, anon.] [ant: onymous]
2: not known or lacking marked individuality; "brown anonymous houses"; "anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Late Latin anonymus, from Greek an?nymos, from a- + onyma name — more at name Date: 1631 1. not named or identified <an anonymous author> <they wish to remain anonymous> 2. of unknown authorship or origin <an anonymous tip> 3. lacking individuality, distinction, or recognizability <the anonymous faces in the crowd> <the gray anonymous streets — William Styron> • anonymously adverb • anonymousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of unknown name. 2 of unknown or undeclared source or authorship. 3 without character; featureless, impersonal. Derivatives: anonymity n. anonymously adv. Etymology: LL anonymus f. Gk anonumos nameless (as AN-(1), onoma name)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Anonymous A*non"y*mous, a. [Gr. ? without name; 'an priv. + ?, Eol. for ? name. See Name.] Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you remain anonymous when you do something, you do not let people know that you were the person who did it. You can remain anonymous if you wish... An anonymous benefactor stepped in to provide the prize money. ...anonymous phone calls. ADJ • anonymity Both mother and daughter, who have requested anonymity, are doing fine. N-UNCOUNT • anonymously The latest photographs were sent anonymously to the magazine's Paris headquarters. ADV 2. Something that is anonymous does not reveal who you are. Of course, that would have to be by anonymous vote. ADJ: usu ADJ n • anonymity He claims many more people would support him in the anonymity of a voting booth. N-UNCOUNT: with supp 3. If you describe a place as anonymous, you dislike it because it has no unusual or interesting features and seems unwelcoming. It's nice to stay in a home rather than in an anonymous holiday villa. ADJ [disapproval] • anonymity ...the anonymity of the rented room.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Nameless, without the name of the author, of unknown authorship, unacknowledged (of writings).

Moby Thesaurus

closet, cryptonymic, cryptonymous, incognito, inmost, innermost, innominate, interior, intimate, inward, isolated, nameless, personal, private, privy, retired, secluded, sequestered, unacknowledged, undefined, undesignated, unidentified, unknown, unnamed, unrecognized, unspecified, withdrawn, without a name