paradoxaladj.

Brit.

/ˌparəˈdɒksl/, U.S.

/ˌpɛrəˈdɑks(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s–1600s paradoxall, 1600s– paradoxal.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: paradox n.; Latin paradoxum , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < paradox n. or its etymon classical Latin paradoxum + -al suffix¹. With sense 2 compare Middle French, French paradoxal (1588), Italian paradossale (a1552), and earlier paradox adj., paradoxical adj.

Now rare.

1. Nautical. Relating to or designating a navigational course in which a ship follows a rhumb line, i.e., a course which cuts meridians at a constant angle (other than a right angle). Chiefly in paradoxal compass n. a projection on which such a course could be plotted, and on which it would appear as part of a spiral curve. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > compass > types of

paradoxal compass1558

steering compass1669

variation compass1669

correcting compass1821

telltale1828

pelorus1854

liquid compass1865

gyroscope-compass1909

gyro-compass1910

radio compass1912

gyro1914

gyroscopic compass1920

inductor compass1922

gyro-pilot1923

induction compass1925

astrocompass1942

flux gate compass1946

1558 J. Dee Canon Gubernauticus in W. Boume Regiment for Sea 419 An Arithmeticall Resolution of the Paradoxall Compas.

1594 J. Davis (title) The Sea-mans Secrets..wherein is taught the 3 kindes of Sailing, Horizontall, Paradoxall, and Sayling vpon a great Circle.

1594 J. Davis Sea-mans Secrets ii, in Wks. (1880) 315 By which motion lines are described neyther circular nor straight, but concurred or winding lines, and are therefore called paradoxall, because it is beyond opinion that such lines should be described by plaine horizontall motion.

1880 A. H. Markham in J. Davis Voy. & Wks. 240 The paradoxall compass must have been some instrument showing how the line of the course cuts the several meridians, these meridians being drawn upon their proper inclination.

1991 Isis 82 648 The answer to..the problem of conflicting sailing directions was a stereographic polar projection showing the pole at the center and the latitudinal lines as concentric circles. John Dee apparently invented such a projection, which he called the ‘Paradoxal Compass,’ in 1556.

2. gen. Paradoxical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective] > paradoxical

paradoxal1602

paradoxic1632

paradoxical1638

inconceivable1655

schizoid1955

schizophrenic1955

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > paradox > [adjective]

paradoxal1602

paradox1624

paradoxial1624

paradoxic1632

paradoxical1638

paradoxographical1814

Irish1820

ironical1868

ironic1889

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > [adjective] > to nature, reason, or rule

improper1531

preposterous1533

paradoxical1646

inconceivable1754

paradoxal1888

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 331 Their paradoxall, pragmaticall, and stratagemicall doctrine.

1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings To Parl. sig. A8 If it suffic'd som years past to convince and satisfie the uningag'd of other nations..though then held paradoxal.

a1718 W. Penn Tracts in Wks. (1726) I. 678 As Paradoxal as any may please to think it.

a1777 W. Dodd Thoughts in Prison (1793) 127 Thy dogmas here, so paradoxal deem'd By weak half-thinkers.

1819 N. Amer. Rev. Mar. 438 But Berkeley was very superior to the dogmatic ‘Lord of paradoxal land’.

1888 Nature 19 July 288/2 On paradoxal deafness..in which the patient is deaf to words uttered in the silence of a room, but not in a noisy street.

1996 Chapel Hill (N. Carolina) Herald (Nexis) 12 Dec. (Hometown section) 3 ‘Instead of fighting the fear, which most people try to do, he actively teaches people how to embrace it,’ said Graedon. ‘It is paradoxal. I am asking them to accept the very fear or obsession they are experiencing.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paradoxal
释义	paradoxaladj. Brit. /ˌparəˈdɒksl/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈdɑks(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s–1600s paradoxall, 1600s– paradoxal. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: paradox n.; Latin paradoxum , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < paradox n. or its etymon classical Latin paradoxum + -al suffix¹. With sense 2 compare Middle French, French paradoxal (1588), Italian paradossale (a1552), and earlier paradox adj., paradoxical adj. Now rare. 1. Nautical. Relating to or designating a navigational course in which a ship follows a rhumb line, i.e., a course which cuts meridians at a constant angle (other than a right angle). Chiefly in paradoxal compass n. a projection on which such a course could be plotted, and on which it would appear as part of a spiral curve. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > compass > types of paradoxal compass1558 steering compass1669 variation compass1669 correcting compass1821 telltale1828 pelorus1854 liquid compass1865 gyroscope-compass1909 gyro-compass1910 radio compass1912 gyro1914 gyroscopic compass1920 inductor compass1922 gyro-pilot1923 induction compass1925 astrocompass1942 flux gate compass1946 1558 J. Dee Canon Gubernauticus in W. Boume Regiment for Sea 419 An Arithmeticall Resolution of the Paradoxall Compas. 1594 J. Davis (title) The Sea-mans Secrets..wherein is taught the 3 kindes of Sailing, Horizontall, Paradoxall, and Sayling vpon a great Circle. 1594 J. Davis Sea-mans Secrets ii, in Wks. (1880) 315 By which motion lines are described neyther circular nor straight, but concurred or winding lines, and are therefore called paradoxall, because it is beyond opinion that such lines should be described by plaine horizontall motion. 1880 A. H. Markham in J. Davis Voy. & Wks. 240 The paradoxall compass must have been some instrument showing how the line of the course cuts the several meridians, these meridians being drawn upon their proper inclination. 1991 Isis 82 648 The answer to..the problem of conflicting sailing directions was a stereographic polar projection showing the pole at the center and the latitudinal lines as concentric circles. John Dee apparently invented such a projection, which he called the ‘Paradoxal Compass,’ in 1556. 2. gen. Paradoxical. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective] > paradoxical paradoxal1602 paradoxic1632 paradoxical1638 inconceivable1655 schizoid1955 schizophrenic1955 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > paradox > [adjective] paradoxal1602 paradox1624 paradoxial1624 paradoxic1632 paradoxical1638 paradoxographical1814 Irish1820 ironical1868 ironic1889 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > [adjective] > to nature, reason, or rule improper1531 preposterous1533 paradoxical1646 inconceivable1754 paradoxal1888 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 331 Their paradoxall, pragmaticall, and stratagemicall doctrine. 1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings To Parl. sig. A8 If it suffic'd som years past to convince and satisfie the uningag'd of other nations..though then held paradoxal. a1718 W. Penn Tracts in Wks. (1726) I. 678 As Paradoxal as any may please to think it. a1777 W. Dodd Thoughts in Prison (1793) 127 Thy dogmas here, so paradoxal deem'd By weak half-thinkers. 1819 N. Amer. Rev. Mar. 438 But Berkeley was very superior to the dogmatic ‘Lord of paradoxal land’. 1888 Nature 19 July 288/2 On paradoxal deafness..in which the patient is deaf to words uttered in the silence of a room, but not in a noisy street. 1996 Chapel Hill (N. Carolina) Herald (Nexis) 12 Dec. (Hometown section) 3 ‘Instead of fighting the fear, which most people try to do, he actively teaches people how to embrace it,’ said Graedon. ‘It is paradoxal. I am asking them to accept the very fear or obsession they are experiencing.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1558
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