catachresis

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌkæt.əˈkɹiː.sɪs/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote. countable,uncountable
  2. A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.; Such a misuse involving some similarity of sound between the misused word and the appropriate word. countable,especially,often,uncountable
  3. A misapplication or overextension of a figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope. countable,rhetoric,uncountable
    — A Catachresis terms abused receives, And epithets and attributes improper gives.

词形变化

catachreses plural catechresis alternative,obsolete katachresis alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
malapropism
相关词
catachresized catachrestic catachrestical catachrestically eggcorn misnomer phantonym

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin catachrēsis, borrowed from Ancient Greek κατάχρησις (katákhrēsis, “misuse (of a word)”).
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