Definition of Oxymora

1. Noun. Alternative (plural of oxymoron) ¹

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Definition of Oxymora

1. oxymoron [n] - See also: oxymoron

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxymora

oxylium ions
oxyliums
oxylophyte
oxylophytes
oxyls
oxyluciferin
oxyluciferins
oxymel
oxymels
oxymesterone
oxymetazoline
oxymetazoline hydrochloride
oxymetholone
oxymethylene
oxymetry
oxymora (current term)
oxymoron
oxymoronic
oxymoronically
oxymorons
oxymorphone
oxymorphone hydrochloride
oxymuriate
oxymuriatic
oxymuriatic acid
oxymyoglobin
oxyneolignan
oxyneolignane
oxyneolignanes
oxyneolignans

Literary usage of Oxymora

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Work of St. Paul by Frederic William Farrar (1902)
"The rhetorical figures, play of words, assonances, oxymora, antitheses, of his style, which are fully examined in the next Excursus ; the 1 Rom. x.; ..."

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