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Webster 1913 Edition


Paradoxy

Par′a-doxˊy

,
Noun.
1.
A paradoxical statement; a paradox.
2.
The quality or state of being paradoxical.
Coleridge
☞ In the present chemical usage this word is spelled paraffin, but in commerce it is commonly spelled paraffine.
Native paraffin
.
See
Ozocerite
.
Paraffin series
.
See
Methane series
, under
Methane
.

Definition 2024


paradoxy

paradoxy

English

Noun

paradoxy (countable and uncountable, plural paradoxies)

  1. (countable) A paradoxical statement; a paradox.
  2. (uncountable) The state or quality of being paradoxical.