absurd Copy link Outline 1. absurdus2. ĭneptus3. insulsus (prop. insipid)4. rīdĭcŭlus • absurd: 1. absurdus: a silly and a. reason, ratio inepta atque a., Ter.: that (statement) how incredible, how a.! illud quam incredibile, quam a.! Cic.: very absurd, pĕrabsurdus: these things seem very a., haec videntur p., Cic.: somewhat absurd, sŭbabsurdus, Cic.: Quint. Join: absurdus homo, res, vox, sonus, factum, tempus: absonum et absurdum: incredibile et absurdum, Cic. 2. ĭneptus: v. silly. 3. insulsus (prop. insipid): a most a. fellow: insulsissimus homo, Cat.: there seem to be many a. things in the discourse, multa in sermone in. esse videntur, Cic. 4. rīdĭcŭlus: an a. poem, r. poema, Hor.: v. ridiculous.
ABSURD Copy link • ABSURDinsulsus (=in-salsus): absurdus (foolish, senseless): ineptus (= inaptus, without tact and propriety): inficetus (opposed to facetus. - All three of men and things): fatuus (weak, foolish, of persons). (The words are found in this connection and order), ineptus et absurdus. Somewhat absurd, subabsurdus. Very absurd, perabsurdus. To be absurd, ineptire; nugari, nugas agere. Contradictory to reason, rationi repugnans. To be absurd, rationi repugnare.