catachresis (n)

n07102034

type n
lex_filenum 10
def strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
Outgoing links
Hypernym rhetorical device
Derivationally related form catachresis → catachrestic
Derivationally related form catachresis → catachrestical
Incoming links
Derivationally related form catachrestical → catachresis
Pertainym (pertains to noun) catachrestical → catachresis
Derivationally related form catachrestic → catachresis
Pertainym (pertains to noun) catachrestic → catachresis
Hyponym rhetorical device

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