despropòsit

Catalan

Etymology

From des- + propòsit.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /dəs.pɾoˈpɔ.zit/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /dəs.pɾuˈpɔ.zit/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /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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