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单词 paradoxial
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paradoxialadj.

Forms: 1600s paradoxiall.
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: paradox n.; Latin paradoxum ; -ial suffix.
Etymology: < paradox n. or its etymon classical Latin paradoxum + -ial suffix. Compare paradox adj., earlier paradoxal adj., paradoxical adj., and slightly later paradoxic adj. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (pærădǫ·ksiăl) /pærəˈdɒksɪəl/.
Obsolete. rare.
Paradoxical.Recent examples of this form are almost certainly to be taken as typographical errors for paradoxical.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > paradox > [adjective]
paradoxal1602
paradox1624
paradoxial1624
paradoxic1632
paradoxical1638
paradoxographical1814
Irish1820
ironical1868
ironic1889
1624 I. Bargrave Serm. against Selfe Policy 5 Sinne, with all the paradoxiall qualities and ridling intricacy thereof.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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