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Absurdness Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Absurdness has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a message whose content is at variance with reason

2

The quality of being absurd; absurdity.

See Also
absurdnesses
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
nonsense

Origin

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.

Rhyming Words
ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress
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