Strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification;
Noun
strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant'' to mean `flagrant'') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths'')
n.
A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another,
or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, "To take
arms against a sea of troubles". Shak. "Her voice was but the shadow of
a sound." Young.
Catachresis
A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification;
Usage Examples
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