| NOUN | communication | catachresis | strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as 'blatant' to mean 'flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor |
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| Meaning | strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as 'blatant' to mean 'flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: 'blind mouths'). | |
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| Broader | rhetorical device | A use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) |
| Spanish | catacresis | |
| Catalan | catacresi | |
| Adjectives | catachrestic, catachrestical | constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis |
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