ABSURD definition: 1. stupid and unreasonable, or silly in a humorous way: 2. things that happen that are stupid or…. Learn more.

Both surd and its more common cousin absurd come from the Latin word surdus, meaning "unhearing, deaf, muffled, or dull." Absurd traveled through Middle French before arriving in English in the early 16th century.

absurd — / (AmE /əbˈsɜːrd/ – BrE /əbˈsɜːd/)/ — Mantık veya sağduyuyla bağdaşmayan durumları niteleyen sıfattır. Latince absurdus kökünden günümüze ulaşmıştır ve felsef...

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The conceit on which the play rests, confusion of dog with baby, is fittingly absurd, but hilarity should not disguise the more serious political note.

Something absurd is really silly, absolutely ridiculous, or total nonsense. Thinking you can wear flip flops and a bikini to the North Pole is an absurd idea, for example.

"Absurd" is the adjective used to describe absurdity, e.g., "David and the boys laughed at the absurd situation." [1] It derives from the Latin absurdum meaning "out of tune". [2]

“With Absurd I could create things exactly as I imagined, even surreal details like a brain with an ice pick through it.” Daniella Raphael Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Absurdism claims that, due to one or more of these conflicts, existence as a whole is absurd. It differs in this regard from the less global thesis that some particular situations, persons, or phases in life are absurd.

Webster 1913 has the sole definition "Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream."