Meaning of catachresis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
   countable, uncountable
2. Such a misuse involving some similarity of sound between the misused word and the appropriate word.
   countable, especially, often, uncountable
3. A misapplication or overextension of a figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.
   countable, rhetoric, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“A Catachresis terms abused receives, And epithets and attributes improper gives.”

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