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    [Noun]  | "cat*a*chre*sis" | \ ˌka-tə-ˈkrē-səs \


    1: use of the wrong word for the context

    2: use of a forced and especially paradoxical figure of speech (such as blind mouths)


    Origin: 1550 ;

     Latin, from Greek katachrēsis misuse, from katachrēsthai to use up, misuse, from kata- + chrēsthai to use;

    [Noun]  | "catachreses" 


    1: as in mixed metaphors;


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