单词 | absonant |
释义 | absonantadj. 1. Unreasonable, unnatural; (in early use frequently with to, from) incongruous or inconsistent with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] discordablea1393 discordanta1393 discordinga1398 incongruea1398 inconvenient1398 unaccording1398 discordc1415 disagreeablea1425 inconsutilec1450 unaccordanta1470 dissonant1490 disaccordanta1513 disagreeing?1526 incongruent1531 wide1531 unconsonant1535 dissonate1548 dissenting1550 dissident?c1550 unagreeable?1550 disconformc1554 discrepant1556 absonant1564 dissentany1586 disconsorted1589 disagreed1596 discordous1597 discordious1598 incorrespondent1599 dissentious1605 untunable1605 incongruous1611 unagreeing1611 unanswerable1611 eccentric1612 unconcurrent1613 disconsonant1614 dissentaneous1623 dissorting1631 uncorrespondent1631 discorrespondent1635 incoincident1636 unconcurring1639 eccentrical1640 unatonable1645 incompliant1647 pluranimous1650 disconformeda1658 inagreeable1657 inconsonant1658 disharmonious1659 inconcinn1660 discongruous1663 unharmonious1667 discoherent1675 uncongruous1709 inharmonious1749 immutual1768 unharmonized1803 unconsentaneous1818 inaccordant1822 uncorresponding1826 unharmonizing1851 non-concurring1866 discordful1867 disharmonic1887 non-concurrent1907 1564 N. Haward in tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. To Rdr. sig. B.iiv 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. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Absonant,..disagreeing. 1669 J. Owen Brief Declar. & Vindic. Doctr. Trinity 96 Can any thing be more absonant from faith and reason, than this absurd expression? 1774 J. Patsall in tr. Quintilian Inst. Orator II. xi. iii. 323 I am at a loss to say, whether this practice be more useless than absonant from reason. 1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele II. 176 I must again refer to a curious fixed idea in England, absonant withal, touching human sacrifice at Dahome. 1867 Methodist Q. June 139 We give Mr. Lewes all the benefit of the smiles he likes to indulge in at such absonant things. 1937 E. Lyons Assignment in Utopia iv. iii. 444 The social distance between car owners and the trolley rabble was so great that the class distinctions between different makes of cars counted not at all. Nor was there anything absonant in a Ford with a chauffeur. 1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. (1992) 10 The truthful physician prescribes nothing without its merit,..avoiding what is mendacious or absonant. 2. Harsh-sounding, discordant, dissonant. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > [adjective] foula1398 uglyc1400 unsweet1579 absonant1600 teeth-edging1603 horrisonous1631 horrisonant1656 ungrateful1659 common sounding1676 lacerant1785 cacophonous1797 uncadencedc1838 cacophonic1847 unlistenable1872 uneuphonious1880 ineuphonious1887 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > making harsh or discordant sound hoarsec1369 ganglinga1398 roughlyc1400 rauk?a1425 rustyc1430 hask?1440 savagea1450 raw1474 hoar?a1505 harsh1530 untunable1545 jarring1552 jarry1582 barking1589 absonant1600 wrangling1608 raucous1615 asper1626 streperous1637 scrannel1638 caterwaulinga1652 unmelodious1665 jangling1667 latrant1702 untuneful1709 raucid1730 unharmonious1742 unmelodized1771 unmelodic1823 raucal1826 rauque1845 raspish1847 serratic1859 jangled1874 jangly1891 amelodic1937 1600 P. Holland in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xli. xviii. 1107 (note) I mervell much therefore, why it [sc. the word Osse]..should be condemned as absonant, and not pleasing to the ear. 1657 M. Hawke Killing is Murder & No Murder 42 Absonant from the harmony of the Scriptures. 1883 J. S. Stallybrass tr. J. Grimm German Mythol. II. xvii. 453 Rhyming forms Vitr and Litr..as well as the absonant Bivor and Bavor. 1913 Forum Nov. 701 The quavering measures of the hand-organ, the crazy crescendo, fall to an absonant jangle, a miniature charivari. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1564 |
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