-dəd.ē, -ətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English absurdite, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French absurdité, from Late Latin absurditat-, absurditas, from Latin absurdus + -itat-, -itas -ity
1. : the quality or state of being absurd
to retain unmarred the sense of the absurdity of all life — Rose Macaulay
2. : something that is absurd
the absurdities of social pretense — T.S.Eliot
: a logical contradiction
a new set of inconsistencies, not to say absurdities — P.E.More