absurdityn.

Brit.

/əbˈsəːdᵻti/,

/əbˈzəːdᵻti/, U.S.

/əbˈsərdədi/,

/æbˈsərdədi/,

/əbˈzərdədi/,

/æbˈzərdədi/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s absurditee, 1500s absurdite, 1500s absurdyte, 1500s absurdytee, 1500s obsurdity, 1500s–1600s absurditie, 1600s– absurdity.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin absurditat-, absurditas; French absurdité.

Etymology: Originally (in sense 1) < post-classical Latin absurditat-, absurditas dissonance (4th cent.), perversity (5th cent.) < classical Latin absurdus absurd adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Subsequently (in sense 2) < Middle French absurdité (French absurdité ) absurd act or statement (1371–5) < post-classical Latin absurditat- , absurditas . Compare Spanish absurdidad (c1440 or earlier), Portuguese absurdidade (c1727), Italian assurdità (a1573). Compare later absurd adj.

†1. Music. Lack of harmony, dissonance; an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > lack of harmony

discorda1398

discordancea1425

absurdityc1429

dissonance1598

discordancy1607

disharmony1656

dissonancy1657

cacophony1776

mistone1813

unharmony1832

c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 4449 (MED) There ware difformitee the beutee of Absolon..There Dauid harpe and the musik of Jubal ware absurditee.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 166 To admit great absurdities in his musicke, altering both time, tune, cullour, ayre and what soeuer else.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 8 It is wholly patched up of untuneable discords and jarring absurdities.

1655 C. Simpson Campion's Art composing Musick in Parts in J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick 39 In the last disallowance, which is when the upper part stands, and the lower part falls from a lesser third to a fift, many have been deceived, their ears not finding the absurdity of it.

2. An absurd thing; an unreasonable or improper action or practice; esp. a statement, action, or custom opposed to obvious truth or sound reason.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] > instance of

follyc1300

absurditya1525

mumpsimus1531

trim-tram1533

foppery1546

ridicle1570

fangle1583

delirium1599

monstruosity1601

adox1606

absurd1610

extravagancy1625

incongruitya1626

monstrosity1639

extravagant1644

extravagance1650

ridiculea1658

fadoodlea1670

ridiculous1674

irrationalitya1680

ridiculosity1773

whimsy-whamsy1807

absurdism1815

nonsensity1834

nonsensical1842

nonsensicalitya1850

fandango1856

fandangle1880

bollock1919

a1525 (?1472) Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 374 (MED) That ministracion of Justice may euenly and indifferently be doon..alle suche absurditees, mischeues, & misuses laide apart.

1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. xvii. f. xxi/2 All whyche absurdytees & vnresonable folyes apperyth as well in the worshyp of our images as in the panyins idollys.

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 9^v Of a demonstration leading to an..absurditie, you may haue an example in the fourth proposition.

1642 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici 94 Moses..committed a grosse absurdity in Philosophy when with the eyes of flesh he desired to see God.

1671 J. Newton Introd. Art Logick ii. iv. 100 Indirect reduction, or reduction by bringing the adversary to some absurdity hath play only in these two Moods.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 151 The Captain hearing me utter these Absurdities, concluded I was raving.

1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. 195 The absurdity prevails of using breast collars to heavy four wheel carriages, and the neck collar to light two wheel carriages.

1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. iv. §3. 108 At first sight this division has the air of an absurdity.

1879 J. McCarthy Hist. Own Times I. ii. 10 It is not that the demands of the Chartists were anachronisms or absurdities.

1904 G. K. Chesterton Napoleon of Notting Hill v. iii. 297 A fish with legs, or a pig with feathers, or any other absurdity.

1953 I. Berlin Hedgehog & Fox 75 Maistre achieves his brilliant effects by pinning down and offering for public pillory..the absurdities committed by his opponent.

2004 H. Tuma Give me Dog's Life any Day 170 This official body receives complaints..and takes measures to eliminate the absurdities spoiling the lives of ordinary Latvians.

3. The quality or state of being extremely unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate, or of arousing amusement or derision.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun]

wantonnessc1405

absurdity1529

monstruousness1545

impertinency1573

ridiculousness1573

monstrousness1574

absurd1581

absurdness1582

incongruity1597

fancy1598

delirium1599

monstruosity1604

absurdum1606

foppishness1611

impertinence1616

nonsense1630

impertinentness1645

irrationality1647

monstrosity1651

nonsensicality1652

ridicule1668

ridicule1672

nonsensicalness1674

maggotry1706

preposterousness1727

zanyship1766

ridiculosity1773

drollness1823

stultification1832

nonsensity1834

farcicality1849

cockeyedness1858

1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters ii. iv. f. liiii/2 Which argu[ment] hath..mych inconuenyence & absurdyte folowyng thervppon.

1566 T. Stapleton Returne Vntruthes Jewelles Replie iv. 184 Peuish absurdite or blinde bettle ignorance.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 507 In that he [sc. Aristotle] hath written concerning the vse of the brain..he cannot be redeemed from palpable absurdity.

1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. C3^v One of his sides in Quarto, for Falshood, Insolence, and Absurdity contains a Book in Folio.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 71. ⁋13 Divines have shewn the absurdity of delaying reformation.

1798 J. Ferriar Eng. Historians 248 Caprice..prefers absurdity of invention to correct imitation.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 182 His Koran has become a stupid piece of prolix absurdity.

1896 Argosy Mar. 570/2 A moment's reflection showed me the absurdity of such a plan.

1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxiii. 260 ‘What would you have done, Marilla, if you had been dared to walk a ridge-pole?’ ‘I'd have stayed on good firm ground and let them dare away. Such absurdity!’.

1956 A. Huxley Adonis & Alphabet 169 Mother's Day and, despite the growing absurdity of poor Poppa, Father's Day were instituted.

2000 TVQuick 13 May 58/1 Super sower Alan Titchmarsh..has no truck with such horticultural absurdity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	absurdity
释义	absurdityn. Brit. /əbˈsəːdᵻti/, /əbˈzəːdᵻti/, U.S. /əbˈsərdədi/, /æbˈsərdədi/, /əbˈzərdədi/, /æbˈzərdədi/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s absurditee, 1500s absurdite, 1500s absurdyte, 1500s absurdytee, 1500s obsurdity, 1500s–1600s absurditie, 1600s– absurdity. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin absurditat-, absurditas; French absurdité. Etymology: Originally (in sense 1) < post-classical Latin absurditat-, absurditas dissonance (4th cent.), perversity (5th cent.) < classical Latin absurdus absurd adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Subsequently (in sense 2) < Middle French absurdité (French absurdité ) absurd act or statement (1371–5) < post-classical Latin absurditat- , absurditas . Compare Spanish absurdidad (c1440 or earlier), Portuguese absurdidade (c1727), Italian assurdità (a1573). Compare later absurd adj. †1. Music. Lack of harmony, dissonance; an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > lack of harmony discorda1398 discordancea1425 absurdityc1429 dissonance1598 discordancy1607 disharmony1656 dissonancy1657 cacophony1776 mistone1813 unharmony1832 c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 4449 (MED) There ware difformitee the beutee of Absolon..There Dauid harpe and the musik of Jubal ware absurditee. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 166 To admit great absurdities in his musicke, altering both time, tune, cullour, ayre and what soeuer else. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 8 It is wholly patched up of untuneable discords and jarring absurdities. 1655 C. Simpson Campion's Art composing Musick in Parts in J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick 39 In the last disallowance, which is when the upper part stands, and the lower part falls from a lesser third to a fift, many have been deceived, their ears not finding the absurdity of it. 2. An absurd thing; an unreasonable or improper action or practice; esp. a statement, action, or custom opposed to obvious truth or sound reason. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] > instance of follyc1300 absurditya1525 mumpsimus1531 trim-tram1533 foppery1546 ridicle1570 fangle1583 delirium1599 monstruosity1601 adox1606 absurd1610 extravagancy1625 incongruitya1626 monstrosity1639 extravagant1644 extravagance1650 ridiculea1658 fadoodlea1670 ridiculous1674 irrationalitya1680 ridiculosity1773 whimsy-whamsy1807 absurdism1815 nonsensity1834 nonsensical1842 nonsensicalitya1850 fandango1856 fandangle1880 bollock1919 a1525 (?1472) Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 374 (MED) That ministracion of Justice may euenly and indifferently be doon..alle suche absurditees, mischeues, & misuses laide apart. 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. xvii. f. xxi/2 All whyche absurdytees & vnresonable folyes apperyth as well in the worshyp of our images as in the panyins idollys. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 9^v Of a demonstration leading to an..absurditie, you may haue an example in the fourth proposition. 1642 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici 94 Moses..committed a grosse absurdity in Philosophy when with the eyes of flesh he desired to see God. 1671 J. Newton Introd. Art Logick ii. iv. 100 Indirect reduction, or reduction by bringing the adversary to some absurdity hath play only in these two Moods. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 151 The Captain hearing me utter these Absurdities, concluded I was raving. 1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. 195 The absurdity prevails of using breast collars to heavy four wheel carriages, and the neck collar to light two wheel carriages. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. iv. §3. 108 At first sight this division has the air of an absurdity. 1879 J. McCarthy Hist. Own Times I. ii. 10 It is not that the demands of the Chartists were anachronisms or absurdities. 1904 G. K. Chesterton Napoleon of Notting Hill v. iii. 297 A fish with legs, or a pig with feathers, or any other absurdity. 1953 I. Berlin Hedgehog & Fox 75 Maistre achieves his brilliant effects by pinning down and offering for public pillory..the absurdities committed by his opponent. 2004 H. Tuma Give me Dog's Life any Day 170 This official body receives complaints..and takes measures to eliminate the absurdities spoiling the lives of ordinary Latvians. 3. The quality or state of being extremely unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate, or of arousing amusement or derision. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] wantonnessc1405 absurdity1529 monstruousness1545 impertinency1573 ridiculousness1573 monstrousness1574 absurd1581 absurdness1582 incongruity1597 fancy1598 delirium1599 monstruosity1604 absurdum1606 foppishness1611 impertinence1616 nonsense1630 impertinentness1645 irrationality1647 monstrosity1651 nonsensicality1652 ridicule1668 ridicule1672 nonsensicalness1674 maggotry1706 preposterousness1727 zanyship1766 ridiculosity1773 drollness1823 stultification1832 nonsensity1834 farcicality1849 cockeyedness1858 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters ii. iv. f. liiii/2 Which argu[ment] hath..mych inconuenyence & absurdyte folowyng thervppon. 1566 T. Stapleton Returne Vntruthes Jewelles Replie iv. 184 Peuish absurdite or blinde bettle ignorance. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 507 In that he [sc. Aristotle] hath written concerning the vse of the brain..he cannot be redeemed from palpable absurdity. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. C3^v One of his sides in Quarto, for Falshood, Insolence, and Absurdity contains a Book in Folio. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 71. ⁋13 Divines have shewn the absurdity of delaying reformation. 1798 J. Ferriar Eng. Historians 248 Caprice..prefers absurdity of invention to correct imitation. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 182 His Koran has become a stupid piece of prolix absurdity. 1896 Argosy Mar. 570/2 A moment's reflection showed me the absurdity of such a plan. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxiii. 260 ‘What would you have done, Marilla, if you had been dared to walk a ridge-pole?’ ‘I'd have stayed on good firm ground and let them dare away. Such absurdity!’. 1956 A. Huxley Adonis & Alphabet 169 Mother's Day and, despite the growing absurdity of poor Poppa, Father's Day were instituted. 2000 TVQuick 13 May 58/1 Super sower Alan Titchmarsh..has no truck with such horticultural absurdity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1429
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