Definition of Catachresis

  • (n.) 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.

Synonyms of Catachresis


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