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The definition of absurd is something that is so untrue or impossible it is funny.

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An example of absurd is a child telling a story about a dinosaur eating their homework.

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See absurd in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

so clearly untrue or unreasonable as to be laughable or ridiculous

Origin: Fr absurde < L absurdus, not to be heard of < ab-, intens. + surdus, dull, deaf, insensible

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absurdly adverb
absurdness noun

See absurd in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable. See Synonyms at foolish.
Of, relating to, or manifesting the view that there is no order or value in human life or in the universe.
Of or relating to absurdism or the absurd.

noun

The condition or state in which humans exist in a meaningless, irrational universe wherein people's lives have no purpose or meaning. Used chiefly with the.

Origin:

Origin: Latin absurdus, out of tune, absurd

Origin: : ab-, intensive pref.; see ab-¹

Origin: + surdus, deaf, muffled

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