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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nonsense \Non"sense\, n. [Pref. non- + sense: cf F. nonsens.]
1. That which is not sense or has no sense words or
language, which have no meaning, or which convey no
intelligible ideas; absurdity.
2. Trifles; things of no importance.
{Nonsense verses}, lines made by taking any words which
occur, but especially certain words which it is desired to
recollect, and arranging them without reference to
anything but the measure, so that the rhythm of the lines
may aid in recalling the remembrance of the words
Syn: Folly; silliness; absurdity; trash; balderdash.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
nonsense
adj : having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a
nonsensical jumble of words" [syn: {nonsense(a)}, {nonsensical}]
n 1: a message that seems to convey no meaning [syn: {nonsensicality},
{meaninglessness}]
2: ornamental objects of no great value [syn: {falderal}, {folderol},
{frills}, {gimcrackery}, {gimcracks}, {trumpery}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
NONSENSE, n. The objections that are urged against this excellent
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