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Collins English-English Dictionary
- oxymoron [,ɑksɪ'mɔːrɑn]
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n
[rhetoric]
an epigrammatic effect, by which contradictory terms are used in conjunction
- living death
- fiend angelical
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n
[Etymology]
C17: via New Latin from Greek oxum
o ron, from oxus sharp + mo ros stupid
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1.
n
[rhetoric]
an epigrammatic effect, by which contradictory terms are used in conjunction
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