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Definition of Catachrestical
1. Adjective. Constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis.
Partainyms: Catachresis, Catachresis
Derivative terms: Catachresis, Catachresis
Definition of Catachrestical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catachrestical
Literary usage of Catachrestical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1841)
"But to leave his metaphorical faculties, and his catachrestical liberty: how far
is his discourse wide from the true moral liberty; which is the question ..."
2. GTropología: a key to open Scripture metaphors [by B. Keach and T. Delaune by Benjamin Keach (1858)
"10, the covering of a woman's head, is called i£ov<n<x, "power," (because it is
passively a sign of her being under command of the man,) by a catAchrestical ..."
3. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget (1883)
"... allegory, apologue, parable, fable ; allusion, adumbration ; application. Adj.
metaphorical, figurative, catachrestical, typical, ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"catachrestical, (kat-a-kres'-te-kal) a. Contrary to proper use ; forced.
CATACOMBS, (kat'-a-komz) n. ». Subterraneous cavities for the burial of the dead. ..."
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