Meanings
- literatureLinguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation, associated with futurist poets of the Russian Empire.
Synonyms: beyonsense, transreason
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounLinguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation, associated with futurist poets of the Russian Empire.
Origin
- Russianза́умь
- EnglishZaum
From Russian за́умь (záumʹ, literally “nonsense”).
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Zaum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zaum
“Zaum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zaum. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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