HyperDic: catachrestic

English > 1 sense of the word catachrestic:
ADJECTIVEpertcatachrestic, catachresticalconstituting or characterized by or given to catachresis
English > catachrestic: 1 sense > adjective 1, pert
Meaningconstituting or characterized by or given to catachresis.
Synonymcatachrestical
Spanishcatacréstico
Nounscatachresisstrained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as 'blatant' to mean 'flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor

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