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† absonous, a. Obs.|ˈæbsənəs|
[f. L. abson-us out of tune + -ous.]
lit. Out of tune, inharmonious; fig. incongruous, absurd, unreasonable. Const. to.
1622M. Fotherby Atheom. II. xi. §4. 318 That noise, as Macrobius truly inferreth, must be of necessity either sweet and melodious, or harsh and absonous. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. How absonous and ridiculous it is not to interpret Prophetick Figures according to the approved meaning and observable use of the Prophetick style. 1681Glanville Sad. Trium. (1726) i. 67 Which Distribution, notwithstanding, is as absonous and absurd as if he had distributed Animal into Sensitive and Rational. |