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Etymology
From des- + propòsit.
Pronunciation
Noun
despropòsit m (plural despropòsits)
- absurdity, piece of nonsense
- Synonym: relliscada
1964, Joan Fuster, Diccionari per a ociosos:«L’amor? Una invenció del segle XII!» La frase —promulgada, si no vaig errat, per un erudit ben respectable— podrà semblar un despropòsit. No ho és: gens.- "Love? A 12th-century invention!" The phrase--promulgated, if I'm not mistaken, by a quite respectable scholar--might appear to be an absurdity. It is not; not at all.
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