Associations to the word «Catachresis»
Wiktionary
CATACHRESIS, noun. A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
CATACHRESIS, noun. (rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly-applied metaphor or trope.
Dictionary definition
CATACHRESIS, noun. Strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths').
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.