82} nonconformity &c 82; unconformity, disconformity;
unconventionality, informality, abnormity†, abnormality, anomaly;
anomalousness &c adj.†; exception, peculiarity; infraction of law,
breach, of law, violation of law, violation of custom, violation of
usage, infringement of law, infringement of custom, infringement of
usage; teratism†, eccentricity, bizarrerie†, oddity, je ne sais quoi
[Fr.], monster, monstrosity, rarity; freak, freak of Nature, weirdo,
mutant; rouser, snorter [U.S.].
individuality, idiosyncrasy, originality, mannerism.
aberration; irregularity; variety; singularity; exemption; salvo
&c (qualification) 469.
nonconformist; nondescript, character, original, nonesuch,
nonsuch†, monster, prodigy, wonder, miracle, curiosity, flying fish,
black sheep, black swan, lusus naturae [Lat.], rara avis [Lat.], queer
fish; mongrel, random breed; half-caste, half-blood, half-breed; metis
[Lat.], crossbreed, hybrid, mule, hinny, mulatto; tertium quid [Lat.],
hermaphrodite.
[Mythical animals] phoenix, chimera, hydra, sphinx, minotaur;
griffin, griffon; centaur; saggittary†; kraken, cockatrice, wyvern, roc,
dragon, sea serpent; mermaid, merman, merfolk†; unicorn; Cyclops, men
whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders [Othello]; teratology.
[unconformable to the surroundings] fish out of water; neither one
thing nor another, neither fish nor fowl, neither fish flesh nor fowl
nor good red herring; one in a million, one in a way, one in a
thousand; outcast, outlaw; off the beaten track; oasis.
V. be uncomformable &c adj.; abnormalize†; leave the beaten track, leave
the beaten path; infringe a law, infringe a habit, infringe a usage,
infringe a custom, break a law, break a habit, break a usage, break a
custom, violate a law, violate a habit, violate a usage, violate a
custom; drive a coach and six through; stretch a point; have no
business there; baffle all description, beggar all description.
Adj. uncomformable, exceptional; abnormal, abnormous†; anomalous,
anomalistic; out of order, out of place, out of keeping, out of tune,
out of one's element; irregular, arbitrary; teratogenic; lawless,
informal, aberrant, stray, wandering, wanton; peculiar, exclusive,
unnatural, eccentric, egregious; out of the beaten track, off the
beaten track, out of the common, out of the common run; beyond the pale
of, out of the pale of; misplaced; funny.
unusual, unaccustomed, uncustomary, unwonted, uncommon; rare,
curious, odd, extraordinary, out of the ordinary; strange, monstrous;
wonderful &c 870; unexpected, unaccountable; outre [Fr.], out of the
way, remarkable, noteworthy; queer, quaint, nondescript, none such, sui
generis [Lat.]; unfashionable; fantastic, grotesque, bizarre;
outlandish, exotic, tombe des nues [Fr.], preternatural; denaturalized†.
heterogeneous, heteroclite [Gramm.], amorphous, mongrel,
amphibious, epicene, half blood, hybrid; androgynous, androgynal†;
asymmetric &c 243; adelomorphous†, bisexual, hermaphrodite,
monoclinous†.
qualified &c 469.
singular, unique, one-of-a-kind.
newfangled, novel, non-classical; original, unconventional,
unheard of, unfamiliar; undescribed, unprecedented, unparalleled,
unexampled.
Adv. unconformably &c adj.; except, unless, save barring, beside,
without, save and except, let alone.
however, yet, but.
once in a blue moon, once in a million years.
Int. what on earth!, what in the world!, What the devil!, Holy cow!,
Can you top that?; Sacre bleu [Fr.].
Phr. never was seen the like, never was heard the like, never was known
the like.
I could hardly believe it; I saw it, but I didn't believe it.
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