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English
Etymology
From Abderian, from Abdera (the town in Thrace where Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher, lived) + -ian.
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Adjective
abderian (comparative more abderian, superlative most abderian)
- Foolish; absurd; ridiculous; inclined to incessant merriment or laughter.
- an abderian temperament
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- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN), page 2
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