absurd

• Excessively provoked at what he termed their absurd scruples, La Tour sent his lieutenant to request a few of the leading men to meet aboard his vessel, hoping to prevail with them to relinquish their ill-timed doubts. —  The Rivals of Acadia An Old Story of the New World
• The dry comment of General SCOTT, that the 'wrong' would have been none had it only been greater, recalls the absurd line in the old play My wound is great because it is so small and the supplement Then 'twould be greater were it none at all But, absurd or not, the law must be followed. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
• I only exchanged a few words with Mr. Loth and ever since I feel a clearness about things that does me so much good HOFFMANN In a rebukeful tone._] What I tell you is by no means absurd HELEN One has to have a sense for the absurd, and that's what you haven't HOFFMANN In the same manner._] That isn't what we're discussing. —  The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I
• "He wants us all to go to Grey House as soon as father is well enough to travel At this time of year?--absurd, or, at all events, impossible!--for you and me, at any rate. —  Till the Clock Stops
• He is limited by the absurd and that means He is unlimited; for the absurd is a falling away. —  Initiation into Philosophy

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