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catachresis
[ kat-uh-kree-sis ]
noun
- misuse or strained use of words, as in a mixed metaphor, occurring either in error or for rhetorical effect.
catachresis
/ ˌkætəˈkriːsɪs; ˌkætəˈkrɛstɪk /
noun
- the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious
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Derived Forms
- catachrestic, adjective
- ˌcataˈchrestically, adverb
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Other Words From
- cat·a·chres·tic [kat-, uh, -, kres, -tik], cata·chresti·cal adjective
- cata·chresti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of catachresis1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of catachresis1
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Example Sentences
No expression so terse and yet so striking could dispense with the classicism and the catachresis of "stoically."
In this sense the proverb is current by a misuse, or a catachresis at least, of both the words, fortune and fools.
In this sense the proverb is current by a misuse, or a catachresis at least of both the words, Fortune and Fools.
And yet, after a vast deal of such like catachresis, the orthodoxy of plagiarism remains still in dispute.
It is true that might be taken by catachresis to designate a chamberlain as functionary of the Oriental Court.
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