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Definition of Catachresis
1. Noun. Strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as 'blatant' to mean 'flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: 'blind mouths').
Definition of Catachresis
1. n. A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, "To take arms against a sea of troubles". Shak. "Her voice was but the shadow of a sound." Young.
Definition of Catachresis
1. [n -CHRESES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catachresis
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