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paradoxical (adj.)
[paradoxical 词源字典]
1580s, from
paradox
+
-ical
. Competing forms were
paradoxal
(1560s),
paradoxial
(1620s), but they survive in niches, if at all. Related:
Paradoxically
.
[paradoxical etymology, paradoxical origin, 英语词源]