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
The difference between the right word and the almost right
word is the difference between lightning and a lightning
bug.