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