A statement which is manifestly self-contradictory or inconsistent. Cf. Irish bull n. at Irish, adj. n.compounds 3. Cf. Irish, adj. 5a.
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] > instance of > characteristic of Irish (3) Irishism1709 A statement which is manifestly self-contradictory or inconsistent. Cf. Irish bull n. at Irish, adj. n.compounds 3. Cf. Irish, adj. 5a. Hibernicism1758 An idiom or expression characteristic of or currently attributed to Irish speech; esp. an Irish bull (see bull, n.4 2). Irishcism1765 = Irishism, n. 1. Cf. also Iricism, n. |
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