Noah Webster
Oxymoron
OXYMO'RON, noun [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.
OXYMO'RON, noun [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.