Absurdity in Lear's verse? (8)
I believe the answer is:
nonsense
'absurdity' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I can't explain the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nonsense that I've seen before include "Rubbish, rot" , "Rubbish, foolish talk" , "Having no intelligible meaning" , "Bilge, drivel" , "Codswallop, hooey" .)