unabsurdadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > in its natural state, unsophisticated
purec1300
right1466
sincere1557
in grain?1577
genuine1607
unsophisticate1607
honesta1616
undistracted1656
unsophisticated1664
inartful1714
unabsurd1744
in the raw1785
1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 26 What, less than Infinite, makes unabsurd Passions, which all on Earth but more inflames?
a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. viii. 157 Doing it with so much sympathy and natural grace as shewed the kindest consideration for all that was real and unabsurd in the parent's feelings. View more context for this quotation
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