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Catachresis - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Catachresis : (noun)
1: strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as
`blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a
mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Catachresis : \Cat`a*chre"sis\, n. [L. fr. Gr. ? misuse, fr. ? to
misuse; kata` against _ ? to use.] (Rhet.)
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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Catachresis |
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TheChillFactor: is playing Autechre - Lentic Catachresis. |
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rob_art: Confieldはねえ、Lentic Catachresisが神懸かっててヤバいんですよ。 |
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