oxymoron: Meaning and Definition of

ox•y•mo•ron

Pronunciation: (ok"si-môr'on, -mōr'-), [key]
— pl. -mo•ra
  1. a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
oxymetazoline oxymorphone
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