| ADJECTIVE | pert | catachrestic, catachrestical | constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis |
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| Meaning | constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis. | |
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| Synonym | catachrestical | |
| Spanish | catacréstico | |
| Nouns | 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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