absonant

English

Etymology

ab- +‎ sonant, from Latin sonans (“sound”).

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.sə.nn̩t/, /ˈæb.snn̩t/
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Adjective

absonant (comparative more absonant, superlative most absonant)

  1. (now rare) Discordant; harsh; contrary; unreasonable. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]
    • 1644-1646, Francis Quarles, “The Mourners Calamity”, in Boanerges and Barnabas—Wine and Oyle for ... afflicted Soules:
      absonant to nature

Antonyms

References
  1. 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

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of absonō
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