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Russian
Etymology
бес- (bes-) + смысл (smysl) + -ица (-ica)
Pronunciation
Noun
бессмы́слица • (bessmýslica) f inan (genitive бессмы́слицы, nominative plural бессмы́слицы, genitive plural бессмы́слиц)
- nonsense
- Synonyms: абракада́бра (abrakadábra), абсу́рд (absúrd), вздор (vzdor), глу́пость (glúpostʹ), ерунда́ (jerundá), неле́пость (nelépostʹ), но́нсенс (nónsɛns), чепуха́ (čepuxá), чушь (čušʹ)
1866, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть IV, Глава V”, in Преступление и наказание; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Crime and Punishment, 1914:Он так и сы́пал, не устава́я, то бессмы́сленно пусты́е фра́зы, то вдруг пропуска́л каки́е-то зага́дочные слове́чки и то́тчас же опя́ть сбива́лся на бессмы́слицу.- On tak i sýpal, ne ustavája, to bessmýslenno pustýje frázy, to vdrug propuskál kakíje-to zagádočnyje slovéčki i tótčas že opjátʹ sbiválsja na bessmýslicu.
- He had simply babbled on uttering empty phrases, letting slip a few enigmatic words and again reverting to incoherence.
Declension