paradoxistn.

Brit.

/ˈparədɒksɪst/, U.S.

/ˈpɛrəˌdɑksəst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: paradox n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < paradox n. + -ist suffix. Compare Italian paradossista (a1642), French paradoxiste (1848 or earlier).

A person given to propounding or using paradoxes.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > paradox > [noun] > propounder of

paradox-monger1642

paradoxist1672

paradoxer1863

1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. xi. 132 For reading; verse him well in inventive Authors, such are generally all Paradoxists, Satyrists.

1869 Eng. Mech. 12 Nov. 204/3 The race of paradoxists is not confined to our own country.

1894 Mind 3 545 Parmenides was a paradoxist who habitually set common sense at naught.

1940 R. Graves & A. Hodge Long Week-end viii. 128 G. K. Chesterton, the elephantine paradoxist.

1989 Renaissance Q. 42 699 Renaissance paradoxists and translators of classical paradoxes went to considerable lengths to forestall literal misreadings.

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

单词	paradoxist
释义	paradoxistn. Brit. /ˈparədɒksɪst/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌdɑksəst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: paradox n., -ist suffix. Etymology: < paradox n. + -ist suffix. Compare Italian paradossista (a1642), French paradoxiste (1848 or earlier). A person given to propounding or using paradoxes. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > paradox > [noun] > propounder of paradox-monger1642 paradoxist1672 paradoxer1863 1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. xi. 132 For reading; verse him well in inventive Authors, such are generally all Paradoxists, Satyrists. 1869 Eng. Mech. 12 Nov. 204/3 The race of paradoxists is not confined to our own country. 1894 Mind 3 545 Parmenides was a paradoxist who habitually set common sense at naught. 1940 R. Graves & A. Hodge Long Week-end viii. 128 G. K. Chesterton, the elephantine paradoxist. 1989 Renaissance Q. 42 699 Renaissance paradoxists and translators of classical paradoxes went to considerable lengths to forestall literal misreadings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1672
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