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catachresis
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Catachresis
(gcide) | Catachresis \Cat`a*chre"sis\, n. [L. fr. Gr. ? misuse, fr. ? to
misuse; kata` against + ? to use.] (Rhet.)
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.
[1913 Webster] Catachrestic |
catachresis
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n 1: strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as
`blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a
mixed metaphor: `blind mouths') |
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Catachresis
(gcide) | Catachresis \Cat`a*chre"sis\, n. [L. fr. Gr. ? misuse, fr. ? to
misuse; kata` against + ? to use.] (Rhet.)
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.
[1913 Webster] Catachrestic |
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