OXYMORON

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‖Ox′y‐mo″ron (?), n. [[NL., fr. Gr. ���, fr. ��� pointedly foolish; οξὔσ sharp + μωρόσ foolish.]] (Rhet.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.