absonant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ab- + sonant, from Latin sonans (“sound”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
absonant (comparative more absonant, superlative most absonant)
- (now rare) Discordant; harsh; contrary; unreasonable. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]
- 1644-1646, Francis Quarles, “The Mourners Calamity”, in Boanerges and Barnabas—Wine and Oyle for ... afflicted Soules:
- absonant to nature
Antonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absonant”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
absonant
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