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antiphrasis

antĭphrăsis (better written as Gr.), is, f., = ἀντίφρασις,
  • the use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning; as, lucus, quod minime luceat, Diom. p. 458 P.; cf. Charis. p. 247 P. al.

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