A. pointedly foolish:τὸ ὀξύμωρον a witty saying, the more pointed from being paradoxicalor seeminglyabsurd,such asinsaniens sapientia, strenua inertia, splendide mendax, Serv.ad Verg. A. 7.295 , etc.

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A. 7.295

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