Nonsense: alternatives and connections

The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.

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Absurdity.

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A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.

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A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.

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Figure; outline; show.

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A corner; angle; niche.

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The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from c…

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To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools.

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To talk nonsense.

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A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap.

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A balky horse.

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Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words; jargon.

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An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.

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Alt. of Incoherency

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The quality or state of being incoherent; want of coherence; want of cohesion or adherence.

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Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery.

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Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.

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Nonsense or trivial talk

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Nonsense or absurdity

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The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.

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A succession of confused or nonsensical statements; foolish talk; nonsense.

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Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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Neat; trim.

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To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle.

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Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

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Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.

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That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented.

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That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.

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To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills.

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A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.

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Without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational; preposterous.

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Deceit; fraud.

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