Look up: absurd

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   absurd
   [adj] - completely devoid of wisdom or good sense 2. [adj] - inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
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   Absurd
   Ab·surd' (ăb*sûrd') adjective [ Latin absurdus harsh-sounding; ab + (prob) a derivative from a root svar to sound; not connected with surd : confer French absurde . See Syringe .] Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ri ...
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   Absurd
   Ab·surd' (ăb*sûrd') noun An absurdity. [ Obsolete] Pope.
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   absurd
   Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream. 'This proffer is absurd and reasonless.' (Shak) ''This phrase absurd to call a villain great.' (Pope) (p. 9 ...
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   absurd
   cockeyed adjective incongruous;inviting ridicule; `the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework`; `that`s a cockeyed idea`; `ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer`; `a contribution so small as to be laughable`; `it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion`; `a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history`; `her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous`
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   absurd
   adjective inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; `the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant`- Walter Lippman
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   absurd
   the absurd noun a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless; `The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth`--Albert Camus
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   Absurd
   -adjective 1. utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation. -noun 2. the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world. [Origin: 1550-60; < L absurdus out of tune, uncouth, ridiculous. See ab-, surd] `Related forms ab÷surd÷ly, adverb ab÷surd÷ness, noun `Synonyms 1. irrational, silly, ludicrous, nonsensical. Absurd, ridi...
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   Absurd
   • (a.) Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream. • (n.) An absurdity.
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    absurd
    absurd (ab- + surdus, dull, deaf, insensitive, inaudible, out of tune, senseless) So clearly untrue or unreasonable as to be laughable or ridiculous
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