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]
- Glanvill:
- absonous to our reason
- Glanvill:
References[edit]
- ^ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 9
