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incautious
English
Etymology
From in- (negative prefix) +? cautious.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?k???s/
- Rhymes: -????s
Adjective
incautious (comparative more incautious, superlative most incautious)
- careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution.
- 1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1
- "Yes, let 'Sister' Davis have a whack at it too," urged George Bland. Tom Davis, who was Joe Matson's particular chum, was designated "Sister" because, in an incautious moment, when first coming to Excelsior Hall, he had shown a picture of his very pretty sister, Mabel.
- Synonym: uncautious
- 1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1
Derived terms
- incautiously
- incautiousness
Related terms
- incaution
Translations
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absurd
English
Etymology
First attested in 1557. From Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from ab (“away from, out”) + surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”). Compare surd.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?z??d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?s??d/
- (US) IPA(key): /æb?s?d/, /æb?z?d/, /?b?s?d/, /?b?z?d/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /æb?z?d/
- Rhymes: -??(r)d
Adjective
absurd (comparative absurder or more absurd, superlative absurdest or most absurd)
- Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I, V-iv
- This proffer is absurd and reasonless.
- ca. 1710, Alexander Pope
- This phrase absurd to call a villain great
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I, V-iv
- (obsolete) Inharmonious; dissonant. [Attested only in the early 17th century.]
- Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
- Dealing with absurdism.
Usage notes
- In the comparative and superlative degrees, the forms more absurd and most absurd are usually preferred over absurder, absurdest.
- Among the synonyms:
- Irrational is the weakest, denoting that which is plainly inconsistent with the dictates of sound reason; as, an irrational course of life.
- Foolish rises higher, and implies either a perversion of that faculty, or an absolute weakness or fatuity of mind; as, foolish enterprises.
- Absurd rises still higher, denoting that which is plainly opposed to received notions of propriety and truth; as, an absurd man, project, opinion, story, argument, etc.
- Preposterous rises still higher, and supposes an absolute inversion in the order of things; or, in plain terms, a "putting of the cart before the horse;" as, a preposterous suggestion, preposterous conduct, a preposterous regulation or law.
Synonyms
- foolish, irrational, ridiculous, preposterous, inconsistent, incongruous, ludicrous
- See also Thesaurus:absurd
Derived terms
- absurdly, absurdity
- Absurdistan
Translations
Noun
absurd (plural absurds)
- (obsolete) An absurdity. [Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 17th century.]
- (philosophy, often preceded by the) The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence. [First attested in English in the early 20th century and first used in the mid-19th century in Danish by Kierkegaard.]
Derived terms
- Theatre of the Absurd
Translations
References
Further reading
- absurd in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- absurd in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Brauds, Burdas
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin absurdus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?p?su?t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?p?surt/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ap?su?t/
Adjective
absurd (feminine absurda, masculine plural absurds, feminine plural absurdes)
- absurd
Derived terms
- absurdament
Related terms
- absurditat
- sord
Noun
absurd m (plural absurds)
- absurdity
Further reading
- “absurd” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “absurd” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “absurd” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “absurd” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin absurdus (“discordant, unreasonable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /absurd/, [?b?su???d?]
Adjective
absurd (neuter absurd, plural and definite singular attributive absurde)
- absurd
Adverb
absurd
- absurdly
Derived terms
- absurditet
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?s?rt/
- Hyphenation: ab?surd
- Rhymes: -?rt
Adjective
absurd (comparative absurder, superlative absurdst)
- absurd
Inflection
Related terms
- absurdisme
- absurditeit
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin absurdus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
absurd (comparative absurder, superlative am absurdesten)
- absurd
Declension
Related terms
- Absurdismus
- Absurdität
Further reading
- “absurd” in Duden online
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From German absurd, from Latin absurdus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?zu?t/, [?p?zu?t]
Adjective
absurd (masculine absurden, neuter absurd, comparative méi absurd, superlative am absurdsten)
- absurd
Declension
Related terms
- Absurditéit
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from ab (“away from, out”) + surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab?s??/, /ab?s??d/, /ap?s??/, /ap?s??d/
- Rhymes: -??, -??d
- Hyphenation: ab?surd
Adjective
absurd (neuter singular absurd, definite singular and plural absurde, comparative mer absurd, superlative mest absurd)
- absurd (contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth)
- Synonyms: fornuftsstridig, meningsløs, irrasjonell
- (theater, literary sciences) absurdist (of or relating to absurdism)
- Synonym: absurdistisk
Derived terms
References
- “absurd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “absurd” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “absurd” in Store norske leksikon
Anagrams
- bardus
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin absurdus.
Adjective
absurd (neuter singular absurd, definite singular and plural absurde)
- absurd
Related terms
- absurditet
References
- “absurd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From Latin absurdus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ap.surt/
Noun
absurd m inan (diminutive absurdzik)
- nonsense
- Synonym: nonsens
- Jego propozycje to jeden wielki absurd.
- His suggestions are one big load of nonsense.
- (logic) absurdity
Declension
Derived terms
- (verb) absurdalizowa?
- (nouns) absurdalno??, absurdalista, absurdalizacja
- (adjective) absurdalny
- (adverb) absurdalnie
Further reading
- absurd in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- absurd in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French absurde, Latin absurdus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab?surd/
Adjective
absurd m or n (feminine singular absurd?, masculine plural absurzi, feminine and neuter plural absurde)
- absurd
Declension
Related terms
- absurditate
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin absurdus.
Adjective
absurd
- absurd
Declension
Related terms
- absurdism
- absurditet
Tatar
Adjective
absurd
- Latin spelling of ?????? (absurd)
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