D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Oxymoron

/äk-sē-môrʹ-än/ · Ox·y·mo·ron · IPA /ˌɑksiˈmɔɹɑn/
01 n. A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.
  1. 1.
    A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.(Rhet.)