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Webster 1913 Edition
Absurdity
Ab-surd′i-ty
(-ĭ-ty̆)
, Noun.
pl.
Absurdities
(-tĭz)
. [L.
absurditas
: cf. F. absurdite
.] 1.
The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
“The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number.” Locke.
2.
That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
His travels were full of
absurdities
. Johnson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Absurdity
ABSURD'ITY
,Noun.
1.
The quality of being inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. Want of judgment, applied to men; want of propriety, applied to things.2.
That which is absurd; in this sense it has a plural; the absurdities of men.