ANTIPHRASES

Noun

antiphrases

plural of antiphrasis

Source: Wiktionary


ANTIPHRASIS

An*tiph"ra*sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)

Definition: The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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