The warmly cool, clear, ringing, perfumed, overflowing, redundant days, were as crystal goblets of Persian sherbet, heaped up --flaked up, with rose-water snow.
Definition of PARADOX for Kids. 1. : a statement that seems to say opposite things and yet is perhaps true. 2. : a person or thing having qualities that seem to be opposite.
The definition of a crisis is a turning point or a difficult or dark time when disasters are happening or when tough decisions must be made. An example of a crisis is when the actions to combat a disease start to lessen the impact of the disease. An example of a crisis is when your house is flooding due to the rains from a hurricane. crisis. pl.