Catachresis
nounid
34145·updated May 18, 2026verified
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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Entity Type
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Catachresises
- possessive
- Catachresis's
- pluralpossessive
- Catachresises'
Framework definitions
- §1
- strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
- §1 · legacy_primary
- strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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