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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.
[L. absonus; ab and sonus, sound.] Unmusical or untunable

Definition 2024


absonous

absonous

English

Adjective

absonous (comparative more absonous, superlative most absonous)

  1. (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

References

  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 9