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noun
Synonym of Zaum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: literature, media, publishing
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Synonyms: Zaum
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Old English beġeondan Middle English biyonde English beyond Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h1óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English nonsense blend English beyonsense Blend of beyond + nonsense, coined to translate Russian зáумь (záumʹ), from за- (za-, “trans-, beyond”) + ум (um, “mind, intellect”).
