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Unreason :: Unreason (n.) Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity.

Absurdness :: Absurdness (n.) Absurdity.

Apagoge :: Apagoge (n.) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.

Mare''s-nest :: Mare's-nest (n.) A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.

Spiranthy :: Spirant (n.) A term used differently by different authorities; -- by some as equivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch, -- thus excluding the sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, and semivowels. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-208..

Anatiferous :: Anatiferous (a.) Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle..

Chauvinism :: Chauvinism (n.) Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism..

Voiceless :: Voiceless (a.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd..

Soft :: Soft (superl.) Belonging to the class of sonant elements as distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f, etc..

Gallimaufry :: Gallimaufry (n.) Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch.

Aspirate :: Aspirate (n.) An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc..

Foolishness :: Foolishness (n.) A foolish practice; an absurdity.

Cap :: Cap (v. t.) To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity..

Absurdity :: Absurdity (n.) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.

Ridiculous :: Ridiculous (a.) Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior..

Southcottian :: Southcottian (n.) A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities..

Impossible :: Impossible (a.) Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; not feasible..

Surd :: Surd (a.) Uttered, as an element of speech, without tone, or proper vocal sound; voiceless; unintonated; nonvocal; atonic; whispered; aspirated; sharp; hard, as f, p, s, etc.; -- opposed to sonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, //169, 179, 180..

Inconsistency :: Inconsistency (n.) Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent..

Absurdly :: Absurdly (adv.) In an absurd manner.

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