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Definition of Antiphrases
1. antiphrasis [n] - See also: antiphrasis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiphrases
Literary usage of Antiphrases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1873)
"He says that some would derive crank, meaning brisk, from the German krank,
meaning sick or ill. But he strongly objects to all such " antiphrases," and ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1842)
"Is law, we may ask, never to discard its antiphrases and fictions, as when female
seduction is only amenable to its vindication, under the guise of loss of ..."
3. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"... considers the Eng. Crank, though used in a directly opposite signification,
to be the Dutch word. Sk. dislikes such antiphrases i and prefers ая- or ..."
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