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‖ catachresis|kætəˈkriːsɪs|
Also 7 kata-, cate-.
[a. L. catachrēsis, a. Gr. κατάχρησις misuse (of a word), f. καταχρῆσθαι to misuse, f. κατά with sense of perversion + χρῆσθαι to use.]
Improper use of words; application of a term to a thing which it does not properly denote; abuse or perversion of a trope or metaphor.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 190 marg., Catachresis or the Figure of abuse. 1605J. Dove Confut. Atheism 81 The three famous Lakes..which are commonly by the figure catachresis called seas. 1662Fuller Worthies iii. 185 The general Katachresis of Good for Great (a good blow, good piece, etc.). 1810Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) III. 221 The proverb is current by a misuse, or a catachresis at least, of both the words, fortune and fools. |