English-Thai Dictionary

oxymoron

N คำพูด หรือ วลีท มาจาก การนำ คำ ความหมาย ตรงข้าม กัน มา รวมกัน  kam-phud-rue-wa-le-ma-jak-kan-nam-kwam-mai-trong-kan-kam-ma-ruam-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OXYMORON

n.[Gr. a smart saying which at first view appears foolish. ] A rhetorical figure, in which an epithet of a quite contrary signification is added to a word; as cruel kindness.
Oxyprussic acid, chloroprussic acid.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OXYMORON

Ox `y *mo "ron, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Rhet.)

 

Defn: A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

oxymoron

ox y mo ron |ˌäksəˈmôrˌän ˌɑksəˈmɔrˌɑn | ▶noun a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ). DERIVATIVES ox y mo ron ic |-məˈränik |adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Greek oxumōron, neuter (used as a noun ) of oxumōros ‘pointedly foolish, ’ from oxus ‘sharp ’ + mōros ‘foolish. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

oxymoron

oxymoron |ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn | ▶noun a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ). DERIVATIVES oxymoronic adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Greek oxumōron, neuter (used as a noun ) of oxumōros ‘pointedly foolish ’, from oxus ‘sharp ’ + mōros ‘foolish ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Oxymoron

Oxy mo ron Substantiv, Neutrum Rhetorik, Stilkunde , das |Ox y moron |das Oxymoron; Genitiv: des Oxymorons, Plural: die Oxymora griechisch oxýmōron, zu: mōrós = stumpf, träge; dumm, töricht Zusammenstellung zweier sich widersprechender Begriffe in einem Kompositum oder in einer rhetorischen Figur z. B. bittersüß, eile mit Weile

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

oxymoron

ox y mo ron /ɑ̀ksimɔ́ːrɑn |ɔ̀ksimɔ́ːrɔn /名詞 複 -ra /-rə /C 〘修辞 〙撞着 （どうちやく ）[矛盾 ]語法 〘open secret 「公然の秘密 」のように矛盾した語を並べること 〙.