- 1. n. A paradoxical statement; a paradox. Source: opted
- 2. n. The quality or state of being paradoxical. Source: opted
- 3. 1. A paradoxical statement; a paradox. 2. The quality or state of being paradoxical. Coleridge Source: webster
- 4. A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless andodorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., bydistillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is veryinert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents.It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known tobe a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane ormarsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid,liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas andkerosene consist largely of paraffins. Source: adambom
- 5. n. A paradoxical statement; a paradox. n. The quality or state of being paradoxical. Source: ecdict
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