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     #496.  Maxim.—­ N. maxim, aphorism; apothegm, apophthegm[obs3];
dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb; sentence, mot[Fr], motto, word, byword, moral, phylactery, protasis[obs3].
     axiom, theorem, scholium[obs3], truism, postulate.
     first principles, a priori fact, assumption (supposition) 514.
     reflection &c (idea) 453; conclusion &c (judgment) 480; golden rule
&c. (precept) 697; principle, principia[Lat]; profession of faith &c. (belief) 484; settled principle, accepted principle, formula.
     accepted fact.
     received truth, wise maxim, sage maxim, received maxim, admitted
maxim, recognized maxim &c; true saying, common saying, hackneyed saying, trite saying, commonplace saying &c. 
     Adj. aphoristic, proverbial, phylacteric[obs3]; axiomatic, gnomic. 
     Adv. as the saying goes, as the saying is, as they say.

     #497.  Absurdity. —­ N. absurdity, absurdness &c. adj.; imbecility &c.
499; alogy|, nonsense, utter nonsense; paradox, inconsistency; stultiloquy[obs3], stultiloquence[obs3]; nugacity[obs3].
     blunder, muddle, bull; Irishism|!, Hibernicism|!; slipslop[obs3];
anticlimax, bathos; sophism &c. 477.
     farce, galimathias[obs3], amphigouri[obs3], rhapsody; farrago &c
(disorder) 59; betise[Fr]; extravagance, romance; sciamachy[obs3].
     sell, pun, verbal quibble, macaronic[obs3].
     jargon, fustian, twaddle, gibberish &c (no meaning) 517; exaggeration
&c 549; moonshine, stuff; mare’s nest, quibble, self-delusion.
     vagary, tomfoolery, poppycock, mummery, monkey trick, boutade[Fr],
escapade. 
     V. play the fool &c. 499; talk nonsense, parler a tort et a
travess[Fr]; battre la campagne[Fr][obs3]; gr/ hanemolia bazein/gr; be — absurd &c. adj. 
     Adj. absurd, nonsensical, preposterous, egregious, senseless,
inconsistent, ridiculous, extravagant, quibbling; self-annulling, self-contradictory; macaronic[obs3], punning.
     foolish &c. 499; sophistical &c. 477; unmeaning &c. 517; without rhyme
or reason; fantastic. 
     Int. fiddlededee! pish! pho[obs3]! “in the name of the Prophet—­figs!”
[Horace Smith]. 
     Phr. credat Judaeus Apella [Lat][Horace]; tell it to the marines.

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     #498.  Intelligence.  Wisdom. —­ N. intelligence, capacity,
comprehension, understanding; cuteness, sabe * [obs3][U.S.], savvy * [U.S.]; intellect &c. 450; nous[Fr], parts, sagacity, mother wit, wit, esprit, gumption, quick parts, grasp of intellect; acuteness &c adj.; acumen, subtlety, penetration, perspicacy[obs3], perspicacity; discernment, due sense of, good judgment; discrimination &c 465; cunning &c. 702; refinement &c (taste) 850.
     head, brains, headpiece, upper story, long head; eagle eye, eagle-
glance; eye of a lynx, eye of a hawk.
     wisdom, sapience, sense; good sense, common sense, horse sense [U.S.],