antiphrasis (anti fras is)

[L., φράσις, way of speaking, > E. phrase.] In rhet., the use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning, or when its opposite should have been used; irony, used either in sarcasm or in humor. You now find no cause to repent that you never dipt your hands in the bloody high courts of justice, so called only by antiphrasis. South . antiphrastic (an-ti-fras'tik), a. [ a. [ anti II. n. A medicine intended to check phthisis. N. E. D. anti physic1, anti physic all (an-ti-fiz'ik, -i-kal), [ ἀντί , against, + φύσις , nature (adj. φυσικός).] Contrary to nature; unnatural. anti physic2, anti physical2 (an-ti-fiz'ik, -i-kal), [ ἀντί , against, + φύσα , breath, wind in the stomach.] In med ., relieving flatulence; carminative. a.