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oxymoron



Jim wrote:
 
Anybody know a good one word synonym for oxymoron?

Oxymoron must be the only word in English that has the root moron
and yet often has a positive connotation.

For all your French speakers out there, what's the French equivalent
of oxymoron?  How about German, I bet they have a great 40 letter word for
it.

The word looks Greek to me.  Any Latin experts (Elmer?) know what it is in
Latin?
 
The ethymology itself of the word oxymoron is an oxymoron. It comes from  greek:
OXYS.............. sharp, subtil, brillant.
MOROS........... destiny, disgrace, death.
 
 
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