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absurd

See also: absúrd and absürd

English

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Etymology

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First attested in 1557. From Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”),[1] from ab (“away from, out”) + surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”).[2] Compare surd.

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Adjective

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absurd (comparative absurder or more absurd, superlative absurdest or most absurd)

  1. 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. [from mid-16th c.][3]
  2. (obsolete) Inharmonious; dissonant. [only early 17th c.][3]
  3. Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
    • 1968 March 2, Joseph Featherstone, “A New Kind of Schooling”, in The New Republic:
      Adults have condemned them to live in what must seem like an absurd universe.
  4. Dealing with absurdism.

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  • In the comparative and superlative degrees, the forms more absurd and most absurd are usually preferred over absurder, absurdest.
  • Webster 1913 has the sole definition "Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream."

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Collocations
  • absurd idea
  • absurd thing
  • absurd notion
  • absurd story
  • absurd result
  • absurd consequence
  • absurd practice
  • absurd way
  • absurd manner
  • absurd figure
  • absurd thought
  • absurd question
  • absurd situation
  • absurd world
  • absurd desire

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Noun

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absurd (plural absurds)

 
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  1. (obsolete) An absurdity. [early 17th–mid 17th c.][3]
  2. (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. [from early 20th century in English; from mid-19th century in Danish by Kierkegaard][3][4]

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  1. ^ Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 7
  2. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absurd”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
  4. ^ "Søren Kierkegaard" in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin absurdus.

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absurd (feminine absurda, masculine plural absurds, feminine plural absurdes)

  1. absurd

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Noun

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absurd m (plural absurds)

  1. absurdity

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin absurdus (“discordant, unreasonable”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /absurd/, [ɑbˈsuɐ̯ˀd̥]

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absurd (neuter absurd, plural and definite singular attributive absurde)

  1. absurd

Adverb

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absurd

  1. absurdly

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus.

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absurd (comparative absurder, superlative absurdst)

  1. absurd

Inflection

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Declension of absurd
uninflected absurd
inflected absurde
comparative absurder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial absurd absurder het absurdst
het absurdste
indefinite m./f. sing. absurde absurdere absurdste
n. sing. absurd absurder absurdste
plural absurde absurdere absurdste
definite absurde absurdere absurdste
partitive absurds absurders —
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  • → Indonesian: absurd

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin absurdus.

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absurd (strong nominative masculine singular absurder, comparative absurder, superlative am absurdesten)

  1. absurd

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Positive forms of absurd
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist absurd sie ist absurd es ist absurd sie sind absurd
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative absurder absurde absurdes absurde
genitive absurden absurder absurden absurder
dative absurdem absurder absurdem absurden
accusative absurden absurde absurdes absurde
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der absurde die absurde das absurde die absurden
genitive des absurden der absurden des absurden der absurden
dative dem absurden der absurden dem absurden den absurden
accusative den absurden die absurde das absurde die absurden
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein absurder eine absurde ein absurdes (keine) absurden
genitive eines absurden einer absurden eines absurden (keiner) absurden
dative einem absurden einer absurden einem absurden (keinen) absurden
accusative einen absurden eine absurde ein absurdes (keine) absurden
Comparative forms of absurd
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist absurder sie ist absurder es ist absurder sie sind absurder
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative absurderer absurdere absurderes absurdere
genitive absurderen absurderer absurderen absurderer
dative absurderem absurderer absurderem absurderen
accusative absurderen absurdere absurderes absurdere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der absurdere die absurdere das absurdere die absurderen
genitive des absurderen der absurderen des absurderen der absurderen
dative dem absurderen der absurderen dem absurderen den absurderen
accusative den absurderen die absurdere das absurdere die absurderen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein absurderer eine absurdere ein absurderes (keine) absurderen
genitive eines absurderen einer absurderen eines absurderen (keiner) absurderen
dative einem absurderen einer absurderen einem absurderen (keinen) absurderen
accusative einen absurderen eine absurdere ein absurderes (keine) absurderen
Superlative forms of absurd
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am absurdesten sie ist am absurdesten es ist am absurdesten sie sind am absurdesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative absurdester absurdeste absurdestes absurdeste
genitive absurdesten absurdester absurdesten absurdester
dative absurdestem absurdester absurdestem absurdesten
accusative absurdesten absurdeste absurdestes absurdeste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der absurdeste die absurdeste das absurdeste die absurdesten
genitive des absurdesten der absurdesten des absurdesten der absurdesten
dative dem absurdesten der absurdesten dem absurdesten den absurdesten
accusative den absurdesten die absurdeste das absurdeste die absurdesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein absurdester eine absurdeste ein absurdestes (keine) absurdesten
genitive eines absurdesten einer absurdesten eines absurdesten (keiner) absurdesten
dative einem absurdesten einer absurdesten einem absurdesten (keinen) absurdesten
accusative einen absurdesten eine absurdeste ein absurdestes (keine) absurdesten
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Further reading

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  • “absurd” in Duden online
  • “absurd” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch absurd, from Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈapsʊ(r)t]
  • Hyphenation: ab‧surd

Noun

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absurd (superlative terabsurd)

  1. absurd
    Synonym: mustahil

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Kashubian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Polish absurd.

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Noun

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absurd m inan

  1. absurdity, nonsense
    Synonym: bezsens

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Further reading

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  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “absurd”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “absurd”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1]
  • “absurd”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From German absurd, from Latin absurdus.

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absurd (masculine absurden, neuter absurd, comparative méi absurd, superlative am absurdsten)

  1. absurd

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declension of absurd
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass absurd si ass absurd et ass absurd si si(nn) absurd
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner absurden absurd absurd absurd
independent without determiner absurdes absurder
dative after any declined word absurden absurder absurden absurden
as first declined word absurdem absurdem
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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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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absurd (neuter singular absurd, definite singular and plural absurde, comparative mer absurd, superlative mest absurd)

  1. absurd (contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth)
    Synonyms: fornuftsstridig, meningsløs, irrasjonell
    et absurd spørsmål
    an absurd question
    dette er jo ganske absurd
    this is quite absurd
    • 1882, Henrik Ibsen, En folkefiende, page 164:
      absurde traditioner
      absurd traditions
    • 1907, Alexander L. Kielland, Samlede værker II (Mindeutgave), page 67:
      en saa absurd forbindelse – med en stor rødhaaret bondepige
      such an absurd connection - with a big red-haired peasant girl
    • 2000, Trude Marstein, Plutselig høre noen åpne en dør, page 188:
      situasjonen er absurd, tenker jeg
      the situation is absurd, I think
    • 1997, Espen Schaanning, Vitenskap som skapt viten, page 66:
      radikalt nye innfallsvinkler og synsmåter står alltid i fare for å framtre som absurde og paradoksale
      radically new approaches and views are always in danger of appearing absurd and paradoxical
    • 1999, Elsbeth Wessel, Wien, page 288:
      [keiser Frans Josef] var en ensom mann, resignert, men fylt av en nesten absurd pliktfølelse
      [Emperor Francis Joseph] was a lonely man, resigned, but filled with an almost absurd sense of duty
    • 2006, Lars Roar Langslet, Når fuglen letter, page 11:
      i billedkunsten er det åpenbart absurd å tale om noe fremskritt
      in the visual arts, it is obviously absurd to talk about any progress
  2. (theater, literary sciences) absurdist (of or relating to absurdism)
    Synonym: absurdistisk
    • 1982, Torolf Elster, Thomas Pihls annen lov, page 40:
      en absurd komedie eller et absurd melodrama
      an absurd comedy or an absurd melodrama
    • 1991, Åsfrid Svensen, Orden og kaos, page 326:
      i absurd litteratur mangler gjerne motsetningen mellom normalitet og fantastikk
      in absurd literature, the contrast between normality and fantastic is often lacking
    • 1998, Kjetil Rolness, Elvis Presley, page 37:
      framførelsen nærmer seg grensen til absurd komikk
      the performance is approaching the limit of absurd comedy
    • 1976, Leif Longum, Å lese skuespill, page 122:
      ordenes sammenbrudd, som kanskje er det viktigste fellestema ved det absurde teater
      the breakdown of words, which is perhaps the most important common theme of the absurd theater

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin absurdus.

Adjective

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absurd (neuter singular absurd, definite singular and plural absurde)

  1. absurd
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin absurdus.[1][2][3] First attested in 1564.[4]

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Noun

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absurd m inan (diminutive absurdzik)

  1. absurdity, nonsense
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonsens
    Jego propozycje to jeden wielki absurd. ― His suggestions are one big load of nonsense.
  2. (logic) absurdity

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Declension of absurd
singular plural
nominative absurd absurdy
genitive absurdu absurdów
dative absurdowi absurdom
accusative absurd absurdy
instrumental absurdem absurdami
locative absurdzie absurdach
vocative absurdzie absurdy

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Collocations
  • kompletny absurd ― complete absurdity
  • totalny absurd ― total absurdity
  • czysty absurd ― pure absurdity
  • zupełny absurd ― utter absurdity
  • biurokratyczny absurd ― bureaucratic absurdity
  • piramidalny absurd ― pyramidal absurdity
  • urzędniczy absurd ― bureaucratic absurdity
  • oczywisty absurd ― obvious absurdity
  • jawny absurd ― sheer absurdity
  • całkowity absurd ― utter absurdity
  • cenowy absurd ― absurdity of prices
  • absolutny absurd ― absolute absurdity
  • pełny absurd ― full of absurdity
  • ekonomiczny absurd ― economic absurdity
  • krwawy absurd ― bloody absurdity
  • tragiczny absurd ― tragic absurdity
  • logiczny absurd ― logical absurdity
  • zwykły absurd ― sheer absurdity
  • drogowy absurd ― road absurdity
  • komunistyczny absurd ― communist absurdity
  • śmieszny absurd ― ridiculous absurdity
  • prawdziwy absurd ― real absurdity
  • wielki absurd ― great absurdity
  • chory absurd ― sick absurdity
  • absurd prawny ― legal absurdity
  • absurd gospodarczy ― economic absurdity
  • granica absurdu ― borderline absurdity
  • teatr absurdu ― theater of absurdity
  • kraina absurdu ― land of absurdity
  • spirala absurdu ― spiral of absurdity
  • szczyt absurdu ― peak of absurdity
  • poetyka absurdu ― poetics of absurdity
  • nagromadzenie absurdu ― accumulation of absurdity
  • poczucie absurdu ― sense of absurdity
  • pogranicze absurdu ― borderline absurdity
  • komedia absurdu ― comedy of absurdity
  • wyczucie absurdu ― sense of absurdity
  • poziom absurdu ― level of absurdity
  • teatrzyk absurdu ― theater of absurdity
  • skraj absurdu ― edge of absurdity
  • dawka absurdu ― dose of absurdity
  • wyżyny absurdu ― thheights of absurdity
  • znamię absurdu ― mark of absurdity
  • stek absurdów ― bunch of absurdities
  • dramat absurdu ― drama of absurdity
  • mnożenie absurdu ― multiplication of absurdity
  • rekord absurdu ― record of absurdity
  • piramida absurdu ― pyramid of absurdity
  • sfera absurdu ― realm of absurdity
  • natężenie absurdu ― intensity of absurdity
  • świat absurdu ― world of absurdity
  • dno absurdu ― bottom of absurdity
  • humor absurdu ― humor of absurdity
  • miłośnik absurdu ― lover of absurdity
  • logika absurdu ― logic of absurdity
  • literatura absurdu ― literature of absurdity
  • atmosfera absurdu ― atmosphere of absurdity
  • kraj absurdu ― land of absurdity
  • przejaw absurdu ― manifestation of absurdity
  • mistrz absurdu ― master of absurdity
  • stopień absurdu ― degree of absurdity
  • klimat absurdu ― climate of absurdity
  • świątynia absurdu ― temple of absurdity
  • kategoria absurdu ― category of absurdity
  • konwencja absurdu ― convention of absurdity
  • świadomość absurdu ― awareness of absurdity
  • kino absurdu ― cinema of absurdity
  • morze absurdu ― sea of absurdity
  • koniec absurdu ― end of absurdity
  • likwidacja absurdu ― elimination of absurdity
  • księga absurdu ― book of absurdity
  • obszar absurdu ― area of absurdity
  • masa absurdu ― mass of absurdity
  • źródło absurdu ― source of absurdity
  • skala absurdu ― scale of absurdity
  • duch absurdu ― spirit of absurdity
  • państwo absurdu ― state of absurdity
  • absurd codzienności ― absurdity of everyday life
  • absurd egzystencji ― absurdity of existence
  • absurd biurokracji ― absurdity of bureaucracy
  • absurd komunizmu ― absurdity of communism
  • absurd istnienia ― absurdity of existence
  • absurd rzeczywistości ― absurdity of reality
  • absurd życia ― absurdity of life
  • absurd wojny ― absurdity of war
  • absurd sytuacji ― absurdity of the situation
  • absurd świata ― absurdity of the world
  • absurd systemu ― absurdity of the system
  • absurd historii ― absurdity of history
  • absurd prawa ― absurdity of the law
  • trącić absurdem ― to smack of absurdity
  • obnażać absurd ― to expose absurdity
  • tropić absurd ― to track absurdity
  • sięgać/sięgnąć/osiągnąć absurdu ― to reach absurdity
  • sprowadzać absurd ― to bring absurdity
  • wyjaśniać absurd ― to explain the absurdity
  • absurd goni ― absurdity ensues
  • absurd denerwuje ― absurdity annoys
  • absurd oburza ― absurdity is outrageous
  • prowadzić/sprowadzać/sprowadzić do absurdu ― to reach absurdity
  • graniczyć z absurdem ― to be on the edge of absurdity

References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “absurd”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “absurd”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “absurd”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “absurdum”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French absurde, Latin absurdus.

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absurd m or n (feminine singular absurdă, masculine plural absurzi, feminine and neuter plural absurde)

  1. absurd

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Declension of absurd
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite absurd absurdă absurzi absurde
definite absurdul absurda absurzii absurdele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite absurd absurde absurzi absurde
definite absurdului absurdei absurzilor absurdelor
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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin absurdus.

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absurd (comparative absurdare, superlative absurdast)

  1. absurd

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Inflection of absurd
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular absurd absurdare absurdast
Neuter singular absurt absurdare absurdast
Plural absurda absurdare absurdast
Masculine plural3 absurde absurdare absurdast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 absurde absurdare absurdaste
All absurda absurdare absurdaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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absurd

  1. Latin spelling of абсурд (absurd)
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