ABOUT THE AUTHOR:  Anonymous

 

 

a·non·y·mous

[uh-non-uh-muhs] 

 

adjective

1.  

without any name acknowledged, as that of author, contributor, or the like: an anonymous letter  to the editor; an anonymous donation.

 

2.

of unknown name; whose name is withheld: an anonymous author.

 

Origin:
1595–1605;  < Latin anōnymus  < Greek anṓnymos,  equivalent to an- an-1  + -ōnym ( a ) (variant of ónyma ) -onym (earlier ( a ) n-  with vowel lengthening; cf. anopheles) + -os  adj. suffix; see -ous

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