catachresis

11 letters · noun · scores 3,400 in SpellHuntr

noun

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

Catachresis in a sentence

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

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