despropòsit

Catalan

Etymology

From des- + propòsit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [dəs.pɾuˈpɔ.zit]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [dəs.pɾoˈpɔ.zit]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [des.pɾoˈpɔ.zit]

Noun

despropòsit m (plural despropòsits)

  1. absurdity, piece of nonsense
    Synonym: relliscada
    • 1964, Joan Fuster, Diccionari per a ociosos:
      «L’amor? Una invenció del segle XII!» La frase —promulgada, si no vaig errat, per un erudit ben respectable— podrà semblar un despropòsit. No ho és: gens.
      "Love? A 12th-century invention!" The phrase--promulgated, if I'm not mistaken, by a quite respectable scholar--might appear to be an absurdity. It is not; not at all.

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