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English
Etymology
From ab- + sonant, from Latin sonans (“sound”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.sə.nn̩t/, /ˈæb.snn̩t/
Adjective
absonant (comparative more absonant, superlative most absonant)
- (now rare) Discordant; harsh; contrary; unreasonable. [1]
1644-1646, Francis Quarles, “The Mourners Calamity”, in Boanerges and Barnabas—Wine and Oyle for ... afflicted Soules:absonant to nature
Antonyms
References
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absonant”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
Latin
Verb
absonant
- third-person plural present active indicative of absonō