a. [f. L. ab off, away from + sonant-em sounding, pr. pple. of sonāre to sound; on the analogy of con-sonant, dis-sonant, and L. absonus.] Harsh, inharmonious; fig. discordant or abhorrent to reason, nature, etc.; unreasonable, unnatural. Const. to, from.
1564. Haward, Eutropius, To Reader, 7. It is very absonant that anye one who hath the perfect use of corn and grain … woulde refuse the same to be fed wyth acornes.
1600. Holland, Livy, XLI. xviii. 1107, note. I mervell much therefore, why it [the word Osse] … should be condemned as absonant, and not pleasing to the ear.
1657. M. Hawke, Killing is Murder, 42. Absonant from the harmony of the Scriptures.
1864. R. F. Burton, Mission to K. of Dahome, II. 176. I must again refer to a curious fixed idea in England, absonant withal, touching human sacrifice at Dahome.
