catachresis

Words with a similar base: catachresis

'catachresis'

[catachresis.n.01] as in: strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')

Origins

					catachresis (English)
└── catachresis (Latin)
    └── κατάχρησις (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
        └── καταχρῆσθαι (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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