Associations to the word «Subnormal»

Wiktionary

SUBNORMAL, adjective. Less than normal.
SUBNORMAL, adjective. (computing theory) denormal
SUBNORMAL, noun. (geometry) That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.

Dictionary definition

SUBNORMAL, noun. A person of less than normal intelligence.
SUBNORMAL, adjective. Below normal or average; "after the floods the harvests were subnormal"; "subnormal intelligence".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope