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Look up: absurd

  1. absurd
    [adj] - completely devoid of wisdom or good sense 2. [adj] - inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. 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 p...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/10

  3. Absurd
    Ab·surd' (ăb*sûrd') noun An absurdity. [ Obsolete] Pope.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/10

  4. 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 ph...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. 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 s...
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. 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
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. 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
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. absurd
    absurd (ab- + surdus, dull, deaf, insensitive, inaudible, out of tune, senseless) So clearly untrue or unreasonable as to be laughable or ridiculous
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  10. Absurd
    (band) `Absurd` is one of the best-known black metal and pagan metal bands in Germany, classified as right-wing extremist by the Thuringian Landesbehörde für Verfassungsschutz. The band was originally founded in Sondershausen by Hendrik Möbus (also known as - on the circuit and later...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurd

  11. Absurd
    (Fluke song) "`Absurd`" is a single by the English electronic music band Fluke. The single has made many soundtrack appearances, including Sin City, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Wipeout (video game series), NFL Quarterback Club `99 (As an instrumental made specif...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurd

  12. Absurd
    (film) `Absurd` (also known as `Rosso Sangue`, `Anthropophagus 2`, `Horrible`, `The Grim Reaper 2`) is a 1981 Italian horror film, an unofficial sequel to Antropophagus. It was directed by Joe D`Amato and written by George Eastman. Absurd was o...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurd



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11 February 2012

This day in history:
On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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