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Absurdity
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example Sentences
- Thanks for the laughs all, and for helping me get a firmer grasp on the absurdity of this situation.
- First there's the inherently ridiculous contradiction-the recognition of absurdity is often funny.
- The absurdity of this claim is obvious to anyone who has ever done research in archives.
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Word Origin & History
absurdity
1520s, from M.Fr. absurdité, from L. absurditatem (nom. absurditas) "dissonance, incongruity," from absurdus "out of tune, senseless," from ab- intens. prefix + surdus "dull, deaf, mute" (see susurration). The main modern sense (also present in L.) is a fig. one,
EXPAND"out of harmony with reason or propriety."
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