anonymous

4 definitions found

anonymous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

anonymous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  anonymous
      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"

anonymous - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  ANONYMOUS. Without name. This word is applied to such.books, letters or
  papers, which are published without the author's name. No man is bound to
  publish his name in connexion with a book or paper he has published; but if
  the publication is libellous, he is equally responsible as if his name were
  published.
  
  

anonymous - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "anonymous":
     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     unnamed, unrecognized, unspecified, withdrawn, without a name