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Webster 1913 Edition
Absonous
Ab′so-nous
,Adj.
[L.
absonus
; ab
+ sonus
sound.] Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous.
[Obs.]
“Absonous to our reason.” Glanvill.
Webster 1828 Edition
Absonous
AB'SONOUS
,Adj.
Definition 2024
absonous
absonous
English
Adjective
absonous (comparative more absonous, superlative most absonous)
- (obsolete) Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous. [Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 18th century.][1]
- 1665, Joseph Glanville, Scepsis Scientifica:
- absonous to our reason
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References
- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 9