oxymoron |ˌäksəˈmôrˌän| noun
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true).
ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Greek oxumōron, neuter (used as a noun) of oxumōros ‘pointedly foolish,’ from oxus ‘sharp’ + mōros ‘foolish.’
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true).
ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Greek oxumōron, neuter (used as a noun) of oxumōros ‘pointedly foolish,’ from oxus ‘sharp’ + mōros ‘foolish.’
- open secret
- larger half
- clearly confused
- living dead
- alone together
- Hell's Angels
- found missing
- liquid gas
- deafening silence
- seriously funny
- freezer burn
- extinct life
- genuine imitation
- exact estimate
- only choice
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