Noah Webster
Antiphrasis
ANTIPH'RASIS, noun [Gr. against, and a form of speech.]
The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.
ANTIPH'RASIS, noun [Gr. against, and a form of speech.]
The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.