absurdist

== English == === Etymology === From absurd +‎ -ist. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈsɜːd.əst/ (US) IPA(key): /æbˈsɝd.əst/, /əbˈsɝd.əst/ === Noun === absurdist (plural absurdists) An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics. [First attested in the mid 20th century.] ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === absurdist (not comparable) Of, or relating to absurdism. [First attested in the mid 20th century.] ==== Translations ==== === References === == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From absurdisme or absurd +‎ -ist, first parts both stem from the word absurd (“absurd”), from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to resound; ringing, whistling”). Last part from French -iste (“-ist, -istic”), from Latin -ista (“-ist; one who practises or believes”), from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), alternative form of -τής (-tḗs), from Proto-Hellenic *-tās, probably from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ (forms nouns representing state of being). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /absʉˈɖɪst/, /absʉʁˈdɪst/, /apsʉˈɖɪst/, /apsʉʁˈdɪst/ Rhymes: -ɪst Hyphenation: ab‧surd‧ist === Noun === absurdist m (definite singular absurdisten, indefinite plural absurdister, definite plural absurdistene) an absurdist (an advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics) ==== Related terms ==== === References === “absurdist” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “absurdist” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).