par.a.dox \'par-*-.da:ks\ \.par-*-'da:k-si-k*l\ \-k(*-)le-\ \-k*l-n*s\
n [l paradoxum, fr. gk paradoxon, fr. neut. of paradoxos contra]ry to
expectation, fr. para- + dokein to think - more at decent 1: a tenet
contrary to received opinion 2a: a statement that is seemingly
contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true 2b: a
self-contradictory statement that at first seems true 2c: an argument
that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid
deduction from acceptable premises 3: something (as a person,
condition, or act) with seemingly contradictory qualities or phases -
par.a.dox.i.cal aj - par.a.dox.i.cal.ly av - par.a.dox.i.cal.ness n