Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary - First attested
probably in 1472. - From Middle English absurdite, then from
either Middle French absurdité, or from Late Latin absurditas
(“dissonance, incongruity”), from Latin absurdus + + -itas. -
Surface analysis: absurd + -ity - (obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
[Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 17th century.]
- (countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical
contradiction. [First attested in the late 15th century.] - His
travels were full of absurdities. - Johnson - (uncountable) The
quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth,
reason, or sound judgment. [First attested in the early 16th
century.] - The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite
number. - John Locke - 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae
and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth
Meridian, volume V, page viii - Neither [Jones] […] nor I (in
1966) could conceive of reducing our "science" to the ultimate
absurdity of reading Finnish