Both Uses of
preposterous
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- A few months earlier Boldwood's forgetting his husbandry would have been as preposterous an idea as a sailor forgetting he was in a ship.†
Chpt 37-39 *
- Now, isn't it preposterous, Gabriel?†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(preposterous) absurd, outrageous, silly, or completely unreasonable