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non·sense (nän′sens′, nän′səns)

noun

  1. words or actions that convey an absurd meaning or no meaning at all
  2. things of relatively no importance or value; trivialities
  3. impudent, foolish, or evasive behavior

Etymology: non- + sense

adjective

  1. designating or of syllables or words constructed of sounds or symbols arranged arbitrarily so as to have no meaning
  2. of or designating verse, poetry, or other literary composition consisting of words or syllables that convey an absurd meaning or no meaning at all

interjection

how foolish; how absurd: an exclamation of impatience, contradiction, contempt, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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