preposterous

• adj.ばかばかしい

ラテン語のpraeposterusから、矛盾した、反転した、praeの前、postの後。absurd, preposterousから派生。

preposterous

preposterous: [16] Preposterous originated as a Latin oxymoron, praeposterus. This was coined from prae ‘before’ and posterus ‘coming after, next’, a derivative of post ‘after’. It denoted ‘the wrong way round, out of order’ (and indeed that was how English preposterous was once used: ‘The preposterous is a pardonable fault … We call it by a common saying to set the cart before the horse’, George Puttenham, Art of English Poesie 1589). But already in Latin the notion had developed via ‘irrational’ to ‘absurd’, a sense quickly taken up by English.

preposterous (adj.)

1540s, from Latin praeposterus "absurd, contrary to nature, inverted, perverted, in reverse order," literally "before-behind" (compare topsy-turvy, cart before the horse), from prae "before" + posterus "subsequent." Related: Preposterously; preposterousness.

1. The implication that marital infidelity enhances a leader 's credibility is prepsterous .

結婚不忠は指導者の信頼性を高めるという暗示はでたらめだ。

2.These claimsare absolutely preposterous ！

これらの要求は言語道断！

3.It would be preposterous to shovel coal with a teaspoon.

ティースプーンで石炭をすくうのはでたらめだ。

4.The whole idea was preposterous .

アイデア全体がでたらめだ。

5.He rushed about doing preposterous things in an extraordinary manner.

彼は走り回り、奇妙なことをした。