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a. [ Sp., red. ] 1. Reddish; -- often used in proper names of rivers or creeks. [ Southwestern U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Medium in color and strength; -- said of cigars. [ Cant ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Zool.) A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Geol.) A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Pg., a buyer. ] A kind of steward or agent. [ China ] S. W. Williams [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Desperadoes [ OSp. desperado, p. p. of desperar, fr. L. desperare. See Desperate. ] A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions, and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. dorado gilt, fr. dorar to gild, fr. L. deaurare. See 1st Dory, and cf. Fl Dorado. ] 1. (Astron.) A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of the ecliptic; -- called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large, oceanic fish of the genus Coryphæna. [ 1913 Webster ]

pl. El Doradoes [ Sp., lit., the gilt (sc. land); el the + dorado gilt, p. p. of dorare to gild. Cf. Dorado. ] 1. A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whole comedy is a sort of El Dorado of wit. T. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F.; pref. extra- outside + dos (L. dorsum) the back. ] (Arch.) The exterior curve of an arch; esp., the upper curved face of the whole body of voussoirs. See Intrados. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. extra- + dotal. ] Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. intra within + F. dos the back, L. dorsum. Cf. Extrados. ] (Arch.) The interior curve of an arch; esp., the inner or lower curved face of the whole body of voussoirs taken together. See Extrados. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of Newfoundland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Labrador duck (Zool.), a sea duck (Camtolaimus Labradorius) allied to the eider ducks. It was formerly common on the coast of New England, but is now supposed to be extinct, no specimens having been reported since 1878. --
Labrador feldspar. See Labradorite. --
Labrador tea (Bot.), a name of two low, evergreen shrubs of the genus Ledum (Ledum palustre and Ledum latifolium), found in Northern Europe and America. They are used as tea in British America, and in Scandinavia as a substitute for hops. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors, and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimens come from Labrador. See Feldspar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp., fr. mirar to behold, view. See Mirror. ] (Arch.) Same as Belvedere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Paradoses [ F., fr. parer to defend + dos back, L. dorsum. ] (Fort.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. paradoxes [ F. paradoxe, L. paradoxum, fr. Gr. para`doxon; para` beside, beyond, contrary to + dokei^n to think, suppose, imagine. See Para-, and Dogma. ] A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact. [ 1913 Webster ]

A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it proof. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hydrostatic paradox. See under Hydrostatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Paradoxical. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of the nature of a paradox. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Par`a*dox"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Par`a*dox"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Paleon.) A genus of large trilobites characteristic of the primordial formations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ paradox + -ism. ca. 1980 ] An avant-garde movement in literature, art, and philosophy, based on excessive used of antitheses, antinomies, contradictions, oxymorons, and paradoxes. Charles Le (https://web.archive.org/web/20091018202429/http://www.geocities.com/charlestle/paradoxism.html) [ PJC ]

Paradoxism originated in Romania in the 1980s as a way of protesting against a closed society and a totalitarian regime. It is based on an excessive use of antimonies, antitheses, contradictions, oxymorons, and paradoxes. It was set up and led by the writer Florentin Smarandache in the 1980's, who said: “The goal is the enlargement of the artistic sphere through non-artistic elements”.
One example of such a paradox is the two-line poem:
Even if he didn't
He did

A free eBook on "Paradoxism and Postmodernism" can be downloaded from https://zenodo.org/record/8865#.YIWBb_kvBhE. [ Charles Le ]

n., /mhw>, n. One who proposes a paradox. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Paradox + -logy. ] The use of paradoxes. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A paradoxical statement; a paradox. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality or state of being paradoxical. Coleridge [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An intensely radioactive gaseous element produced by the radioactive decay of radium-226, which is the main isotope of radium found in pitchblende. Chemically it is an inert noble gas. Its atomic symbol is Rn. It has an atomic number of 86. The radon isotope produced by decay of radium has an atomic weight of 222.017, and this isotope decays by alpha emission with a half-life of 3.82 days. Numerous other isotopes have been observed, all radioactive and all having half-lives shorter than that of radon-222. Radon was discovered by M. and Mme. Curie, of Paris, in their studies of the radioactive substances in pitchblende. Radon was originally called radium emanation or exradio. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ Sp., p.p. of reconcentrar to inclose, to reconcentrate. ] Lit., one who has been reconcentrated; specif., in Cuba, the Philippines, etc., during the revolution of 1895-98, one of the rural noncombatants who were concentrated by the military authorities in areas surrounding the fortified towns, and later were reconcentrated in the smaller limits of the towns themselves. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ It. strada street or road + E. metrical. ] Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Moving slowly; slow-paced. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Tetrodon. [ 1913 Webster ]