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absonant, a.|ˈæbsənənt|
[f. L. ab off, away from + sonant-em sounding, pr. pple. of sonāre to sound; on the analogy of con-sonant, dis-sonant, and L. absonus.]
Harsh, inharmonious; fig. discordant or abhorrent to reason, nature, etc.; unreasonable, unnatural. Const. to, from.
1564Haward Eutropius To Reader 7, It is very absonant that anye one who hath the perfect use of corn and grain..woulde refuse the same to be fed wyth acornes. 1600Holland Livy xli. xviii. 1107 note, I mervell much therefore, why it [the word Osse]..should be condemned as absonant, and not pleasing to the ear. 1657M. Hawke Killing is Murder 42 Absonant from the harmony of the Scriptures. 1864R. F. Burton Mission to K. of Dahome II. 176, I must again refer to a curious fixed idea in England, absonant withal, touching human sacrifice at Dahome. |