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I was told in the dim past (or read) it meant wise -- dull. Oh no, another gullible cleyet. So I went to my HS dict. ('49). I read: Gr. sophos wise, and moros fool, foolish.
Well, almost, and still an oxymoron.
bc
Ludwik Kowalski wrote:
Please explain. Was it also "by construction?" I know that
"sopho" stands for sophistication (wisdom) but why do you
think that "more" stands for moron?Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> Like sophomore.
>
> bc
>
> Ludwik Kowalski wrote:
>
> > ARGUING ABOUT WORDS?
> >
> > By a stretch of imagination the word OXYMORON can be
> > said to be an oxymoron (oxy being "keen or sharp" in Greek).
> > Ludwik Kowalski