Origin: Germanic Old English suffix
Absurdness has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
a message whose content is at variance with reason
The quality of being absurd; absurdity.
This word comes from the Latin absurdus, meaning "out of tune," combined with the suffix -ness to form an abstract noun. It originally described something that was discordant or inconsistent before evolving to mean ridiculous or illogical.