catachresis

Letters that make catachresis

s, a, e, c, h, r, t, i are letters that make 'catachresis'

Words within catachresis

tach, RES, re, si, AC, at, SI, sis, cat, CAT, CA, Re, Ac, At, Ca, Es, Si, Ta, hr are words within 'catachresis'


1 possible definitions for 'catachresis'

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

Under this definition, catachresis is a noun and has the following properties:

catachresis as a type

'catachresis' can be a type of rhetorical device.

Derivatives of catachresis

catachrestic, catachrestical are derivatives of 'catachresis'.



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