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absurd.

absurd (contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

adj/abˈsʉɖ//abˈsʉʁd//apˈsʉɖ//apˈsʉʁd/
  1. absurd (contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth)

    et absurd spørsmål
    dette er jo ganske absurd
  2. absurdist (of or relating to absurdism)

    literary
Where this word comes from

From Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to resound; ringing, whistling”).

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