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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.