Definition of paradoxical. 1  1a : of the nature of a paradox the paradoxical theory that global warming will lead to the next Ice Ageb : inclined to paradoxes. 2  2 : not being the normal or usual kind a paradoxical pulse paradoxical drug reactions.
10 hilariously insightful foreign words. Hominy refers to corn kernels without their germ and their hull, or bran. The germ and hull might be removed by soaking the corn in a special type of solution or by crushing the kernels and then sifting them out.
Hominy can be ground coarsely to make hominy grits, or into a fine mash (dough) to make masa, the dough used to make tamales.   Rockihominy, a popular trail food in the 19th & early 20th centuries, is dried corn roasted to a golden brown, then ground to a very coarse meal, almost like hominy grits.