单词 | paradoxer |
释义 | paradoxern. Now rare. A propounder of paradoxes. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > paradox > [noun] > propounder of paradox-monger1642 paradoxist1672 paradoxer1863 1863 A. De Morgan in Athenæum 10 Oct. 466/3 I shall call each of these persons a paradoxer, and his system a paradox. 1888 Sat. Rev. 28 Apr. 515 We have known paradoxers who disputed the competence of actors as teachers of elocution. 1891 G. B. Shaw Quintessence of Ibsenism ii. 24 At his worst, they call him cynic and paradoxer: at his best they do their utmost to ruin him if not to take his life. 1987 Quarterly (U.S.) Summer 228 As a paradoxer Iago does not honor adversary positions unless by pretending to he can serve his own ends. 1995 Jrnl. Money, Credit, & Banking 27 296 S&W and other paradoxers, however, have confused the issue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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