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Russian
Etymology
неле́пый (nelépyj) + -ость (-ostʹ)
Pronunciation
Noun
неле́пость • (nelépostʹ) f inan (genitive неле́пости, nominative plural неле́пости, genitive plural неле́постей)
- absurdity
1883, Всеволод Гаршин, chapter IV, in Красный цветок; English translation from A Red Flower, Philadelphia: Brown Brothers, 1911:Его состояние было странною смесью правильных суждений и нелепостей.- Jevo sostojanije bylo strannoju smesʹju pravilʹnyx suždenij i nelepostej.
- He was in a strange state of sound reason mixed with absurdity.
Declension