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单词 antiphrastic
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antiphrasticadj.

/æntɪˈfræstɪk/
Etymology: < Greek ἀντιϕραστικ-ός, formed as antiphrasis n.
Of or pertaining to antiphrasis; opposed to the ordinary meaning.
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1640 Canterbur. Self-Conv. Postscr. 3 Things are not alwayes correspondent to their names; Etymologies are sometimes antiphrastick.
1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 18 An Anti-phrastic and Anti-Christian..Age.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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