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oxymoron |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Oxymoron \Ox`y*mo"ron\, n. [NL., fr Gr ???, fr ??? pointedly foolish; ??? sharp + ??? foolish.] (Rhet.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: oxymoron n : conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
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