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Absurdness

Absurdness \Ab*surd"ness\, n. Absurdity. [R.]

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absurdness

n. (context rare English) The quality of being absurd; absurdity. (First attested in the mid 16th century.)(R:SOED5: page=10)

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absurdness

n. a message whose content is at variance with reason [syn: absurdity, ridiculousness]

Usage examples of "absurdness".

In vain did I point out to the sitting magistrate the absurdness of their evidence, and the fact that Sub-inspector Carter and Dr.

Despite their distance below me I at once knew they were the servants brought from the North, for I recognized the ugly and unwieldy form of the cook, whose very absurdness had now become unutterably tragic.