adj.
- not identified by name; of unknown identity:
an anonymous phone call.
- having no individual or unusual features.
Derivative
- anonymity
/anəˈnɪmɪti/
n. - anonymously adv.
Etymology
C16: via late L. from Gk anōnumos ‘nameless’ (from an- ‘without’ + onoma ‘name’) + -ous.