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| # | Term | Definition | From Set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catachresis | incorrect usage of a word | Difficult English Vocabulary |
| 2 | catachresis | (kăt'ə-krē'sĭs) Use of a wrong word in a context; strained use of a word or phrase | EnglishWords |
| 3 | Catachresis | Is a type of metonymy that entails an apparently inappropriate substitution of once word for another- inappropriate because there is not an obviously definable relationship between the two | Figurative Language |
| 4 | Catachresis | Blind Mouths | Figurative Language |
| 5 | Catachresis | Innappropriate substitution for one word for another. EX: Sight unseen, elbow of his nose | Scriptwriting Figures of Speech |
| 6 | catachresis | misuse or strained use of words (e.g. mixed metaphor) in error or for rhetorical effect | english vocab |
| 7 | catachresis | an extravagant, implied metaphor using words in an alien or unusual way | Mr. Green Rhetorical Devices (16-30) |
| 8 | catachresis | "It's a dentured lake," he said, pointing at the dam. "Break a tooth out of that grin and she will spit all the way to Dunganville." | Mr. Green Rhetorical Devices (16-30) |
| 9 | catachresis | an extravagant, implied metaphor using words in an alien or unusual way | Mr. Green Rhetorical Devices (16-30) Just terms |
| 10 | catachresis | harsh metaphor involving the use of a word beyond its strict sphere | English vocabulary |
| 11 | catachresis | Catachresis (from Greek κατάχρησις), which literally means the incorrect or improper use of a word -- such as using the word decimate (e.g., "they were severely decimated") mistakenly for devastated -- is a term used to denote the (usually intentional) use of any figure of speech that flagrantly violates the norms of a language community. | english vocab |
| 12 | catachresis | strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as 'blatant' to mean 'flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: 'blind mouths') | Tropes |
| 13 | Catachresis | " misuse; misapplication" Implied metaphor, using words wrenched from common usage. | Love's Labour's Lost |
| 14 | catachresis | Here's a catchall word for all those mixed metaphors, malapropisms, and bushisms. It derives via Latin from Greek katakhresthai (to misuse). | Word Origins |
| 15 | catachresis | The misuse of words | Word Cruncher |
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