Absurd



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• adj. 荒谬的, 可笑的
• ［英］ adj. 荒谬的, 可笑的 ( ridiculously unreasonable; ludicrous)
• ［记］ ab+surd ( 合理的) -> 不合理的 -> 荒谬的
• ［同］ 派生词: absurdity ( n. 荒谬)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus, from ab- + surdus deaf, stupid
• Date: 1557
• 1. ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous an absurd argument
• 2. having no rational or orderly relationship to human life ; meaningless an absurd universe; also lacking order or value an absurd existence
• 3. dealing with the absurd or with absurdism absurd theater
• • absurdly adverb
• • absurdness noun

II. noun

• Date: 1946
• the state or condition in which human beings exist in an irrational and meaningless universe and in which human life has no ultimate meaning — usually used with the

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