catachresis
noun
misuse or strained use of words, as in a mixed metaphor, occurring either in error or for rhetorical effect.
catachrestical
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a word derived from
catachresis.
Example Sentences
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I begged leave, in assenting to his doctrine, to differ from his application of it, as we ought not to risk, by using a figurative expression, the exciting of any absurd images or catachrestical ideas.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Frederick Marryat
