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normal 1, adjective (oh) and Pennsylvania (iou)


normal 1, adjective (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: normalis, from norma; NORM]
usual, typical, or expected
::A normal working week is 40 hours.
it is normal (for sb) to do sth
::It's normal to feel nervous before an exam.
quite/perfectly etc normal
::Her room was untidy, but that was quite normal.
::She was assessed in the normal way , and placed on the waiting list.
::All I want is to lead a normal life .
someone who is normal is mentally and physically healthy and does not behave strangely
-opposite abnormal abnormal
::He seems a perfectly normal little boy.
::They can't be normal to do something like that.

Pennsylvania (iou)



Pennsylvania noun. M18.
[from Admiral Sir William Penn (1621-70), founder of the State (see below) + SYLVAN + -IA1.]
Used attrib. to designate a native or inhabitant of, or things originating in or associated with, the mid-Atlantic State of Pennsylvania, USA.
Comb.: Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvania German nouns & adjectives (a) nouns (pl.) the descendants of the German and Swiss settlers of Pennsylvania in the 17th and 18th cents.; (sing.) the High German dialect of these settlers or their descendants; (b) adjectives of or pertaining to these people or their dialect.