absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness, silliness
(noun) a ludicrous folly; “the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown’s behavior”
absurdity, absurdness, ridiculousness
(noun) a message whose content is at variance with reason
Source: WordNet® 3.1
absurdity (countable and uncountable, plural absurdities)
(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. [First attested in the early 16th century.]
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 17th century.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ab*surd"i*ty, n.; pl. Absurdities. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
