Sentence:  "Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's <WSD>absurd</WSD>, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” &para; She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly. (First attested in the mid 16th century.)<ref name=SOED>(page=10)</ref>