absonous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin absonus, from ab- (“away”) + sonus (“sound”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
absonous (comparative more absonous, superlative most absonous)
- (obsolete) Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous. [Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 18th century.][1]
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1665, Joseph Glanville, Scepsis Scientifica:
- absonous to our reason
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References[edit]
- ^ “absonous” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-860457-0, page 9.
