Webster's Online Dictionary
with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation
Definition: absonous
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| Adjective | 1. Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous.[Websters] 2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb absonously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (absonously) |
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective absonous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Absonous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
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Etymology:Absonous \Ab"so*nous\, adjective. [Latin expression absonus; ab sonus sound.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: absonous
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| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Unmusical or untunable. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] (obsolete): Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous. Quotations Absonous to our reason. - Glanvill. (references) | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
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Adjectivediscordant, incongruous, inharmonious, disharmonious, dissonant, patchy. | Consider also: changeable, dissimilar, heterogeneous, inconsistent, odd, ragged, unequal, uneven, absurd, contrary, improper, inappropriate, inapt, conflicting, incompatible, irregular, harsh, jarring, raucous, incoherent.
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Otherabsonant, inconsonant, inharmonic.
| Source: Eve, based on meta analysis. |
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Synonyms within Context: absonous | ||
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Absonous, absonant, fallacious, fallible, false, groundless, illogical, inconclusive, inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsistent, incorrect, invalid, non sequitur, not following, unproved, unreasonable, unscientific, unsound, untenable, unwarranted. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | Top | |
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