nonsense
/ˈnɑn.sɛns/ noun B1- Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning. · After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.
- An untrue statement.
- That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
- Something foolish.
- A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
- A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
Plural nonsenses
From the library
Oh dear, what nonsense I’m talking!”
“You insult me by talking such nonsense!”
“Nonsense!” said Alice, very loudly and decidedly, and the Queen was silent.
The King’s argument was, that anything that had a head could be beheaded, and that you weren’t to talk nonsense.
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