Found 2 items, similar to oxymoron.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: oxymoron oxymoron n : conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence') [also: oxymora (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Oxymoron Oxymoron \Ox`y*mo"ron\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ???, fr. ??? pointedly foolish; 'oxy`s sharp + mwro`s foolish.] (Rhet.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness. [1913 Webster]