Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - absurd
Absurd
absurd
adj. 1 (of an idea, suggestion, etc.) wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate. 2 (of a person) unreasonable or ridiculous in manner. 3 (of a thing) ludicrous, incongruous (an absurd hat; the situation was becoming absurd). Derivatives absurdly adv. absurdness n. Etymology: F absurde or L absurdus (as AB-, surdus deaf, dull)
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle French ~e, from Latin ~us, from ab+ surdus deaf, stupid Date: 1557 ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous , having no rational or orderly relationship to human life ; meaningless , dealing with the ~ or with ~ism , ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1946 the state or condition in which human beings exist in an irrational and meaningless universe and in which human life has no ultimate meaning ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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