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anonymous adjective [ əˈnɒnɪməs ]

• (of a person) not identified by name; of unknown name.
• "the donor's wish to remain anonymous"
Similar: unnamed, of unknown name, nameless, incognito, unidentified, unknown, unspecified, undesignated, unacknowledged, mystery, unsung, innominate, unsigned, unattributed, unattested, uncredited,
Opposite: known, identified, signed,
Origin: late 16th century: via late Latin from Greek anōnumos ‘nameless’ (from an- ‘without’ + onoma ‘name’) + -ous.


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