nonsense

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Words or ideas that have no meaning or are silly and foolish.

   Stop talking nonsense and be serious for a moment.

2. 2
   noun

   Something that is untrue or completely wrong.

   The rumor about the school closing is complete nonsense.

3. 3
   intj

   Used to strongly reject something you do not believe or agree with.

   "You're too old to learn." "Nonsense! You can learn at any age."

From non- (“no, none, lack of”) + sense, from c. 1610. Compare the semantically similar West Frisian ûnsin (“nonsense”), Dutch onzin (“nonsense”), German Unsinn (“nonsense”), English unsense (“nonsense”).

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