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Definition: ANTIPHRASTIC

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. An alternative spelling for "Antiphrastical": Pertaining to antiphrasis.[Websters]
2. Being contradictory, incompatible, polar or contrasting.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Antiphrastic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: ANTIPHRASTIC

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. An alternative spelling for "Antiphrastical": Pertaining to antiphrasis.[Websters]
2. Being contradictory, incompatible, polar or contrasting.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "ANTIPHRASTIC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)