Par`a*dox"ic*al (?), a. 1. Of the nature of a paradox.
2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received
opinions. Southey.
-- Par`a*dox"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Par`a*dox"ic*al*ness, n.
Par"a*dox`er (?), n., Par"a*dox`ist (&?;), n. One who proposes a
paradox.
||Par`a*dox"i*des (?), n. [NL.] (Paleon.) A genus of large trilobites
||characteristic of the primordial formations.
Par`a*dox*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Paradox + -logy.] The use of paradoxes.
[Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Par`a*dox"ure (-dks"r), n. [Gr. para`doxos incredible, paradoxical +
o'yra` tail. So called because its tail is unlike that of the other
animals to which it was supposed to be related.] (Zoˆl.) Any species of
Paradoxurus, a genus of Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet,
as the musang, and the luwack or palm cat (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus).
See Musang.
Par"a*dox`y (?), n. 1. A paradoxical statement; a paradox.