oxymoron

Signification (Anglais)

1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
2. (broadly, proscribed, sometimes) A contradiction in terms.

Concepts

oxymore

oxymoron

#oxymoron |oxymoron

keekeeli

Traductions

ossimoro

Oxymoron

oxímoron

oxymoron

oxímoro

oksimoron

oxímoron

οξύμωρο

oxymorum

οξύμορον

οξύμωρο σχήμα

oximoro

Oxímoro

kon

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɒksɪˈmɔːɹɒn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

First attested in the 17th century, noun use of 5th century Latin oxymōrum (adjective), neut. nom. form of oxymōrus (adjective), from Ancient Greek ὀξύμωρος (oxúmōros), compound of ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, keen, pointed”) (English oxy-, as in oxygen) + μωρός (mōrós, “dull, stupid, foolish”) (English moron (“stupid person”)). Literally "sharp-dull", "keen-stupid", or "pointed-foolish" – itself an oxymoron, hence autological; compare sophomore (literally “wise fool”), influenced by similar analysis. The compound form ὀξύμωρον (oxúmōron) is not found in the extant Ancient Greek sources.