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Absurd

//əbˈsɜːd// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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.

    "This proffer is absurd and reasonless."

  2. 2
    Inharmonious; dissonant. obsolete
  3. 3
    Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.

    "Adults have condemned them to live in what must seem like an absurd universe."

  4. 4
    Dealing with absurdism.
Adjective
  1. 1
    inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense wordnet
  2. 2
    so unreasonable as to invite derision wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An absurdity. obsolete
  2. 2
    a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless wordnet
  3. 3
    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.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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