oxymoronic


ox·y·mo·ron

O0208800 (ŏk′sē-môr′ŏn′)n. pl. ox·y·mo·rons or ox·y·mo·ra (-môr′ə) A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
[Greek (attested only in Latin sources) oxumōron, an expression that is witty because paradoxical, from neuter of *oxumōros, pointedly foolish : Greek oxus, sharp, keen; see oxygen + mōros, dull, foolish.]
ox′y·mo·ron′ic (-mə-rŏn′ĭk) adj.ox′y·mo·ron′i·cal·ly adv.

oxymoronic

(ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn) adj (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) literature of or relating to an oxymoronadj (Rhetoric) having the characteristics of an oxymoron