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Gordius :: Gordius (n.) A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also hair eel, hairworm, and hair snake, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs..

Ineptitude :: Ineptitude (n.) Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.

Absurdity :: Absurdity (n.) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment..

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

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

Paradox :: Paradox (n.) A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact..

Amphigoric :: Amphigoric (a.) Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.

Nonsense :: Nonsense (n.) That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity..

Fool :: Fool (n.) A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt..

Foolish :: Foolish (a.) Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible.

Foolery :: Foolery (n.) The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity.

Silly :: Silly (n.) Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question..

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

Madcap :: Madcap (a.) Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements..

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..

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

Canard :: Canard (n.) An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.

Apagogical :: Apagogical (a.) Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary..

Inept :: Inept (a.) Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.

Absurdness :: Absurdness (n.) Absurdity.

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