absurdity
English
/əbˈsɜːd.ɪ.ti/, /æbˈsɝd.ɪ.ti/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
- (uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
- (obsolete) Dissonance.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English absurdite borrowed from Middle French absurdité borrowed from Latin absurditas, absurdus (discordant, incongruous, dissonant, unreasonable, senseless, disconsonant, out of tune) suffix from English absurd.
Origin
English
absurd
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Absurdistan English
- absurd English
- absurdism English
- absurdist English
- absurdly English
- absurdness English
- unabsurd English
- absurditas Latin
- absurdus Latin
- surdus Latin
- absurd German
- assurdo Italian
- absurde French
- absurdité French
- absurdo Spanish, Castilian
- absurd Norwegian Bokmål
- absurditet Norwegian Bokmål
- absurdo Portuguese
- absurd Swedish
- absurd Polish
- absurd Norwegian Nynorsk
- absurditet Norwegian Nynorsk
- absurdite Middle English
- absurd Danish
- absurda Esperanto
- absurd Catalan, Valencian
- absurde Norman
- абсурд Bulgarian
- absurde Middle French
- absurdité Middle French
- aibseurditai Bourguignon