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oxymoron /ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn/
▶noun a figure of speech or expressed idea in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction: ‘affordable caviar’ need not be an oxymoron.
– derivatives
oxymoronic adjective.
oxymoronic adjective.
– origin C17: from Gk oxumōron, neut. (used as n.) of oxumōros ‘pointedly foolish’, from oxus ‘sharp’ + mōros ‘foolish’.
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