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Noun
- 1. catachresis, rhetorical device
- usage: strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
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Definition and meaning of catachresis (Dictionary)