catachresis

catachresis
catachrestic /kat'euh kres"tik/, catachrestical, adj.catachrestically, adv.
/kat'euh kree"sis/, n.
misuse or strained use of words, as in a mixed metaphor, occurring either in error or for rhetorical effect.
[1580-90; < L < Gk: a misuse (akin to katachrêsthai to misuse), equiv. to kata- CATA- + chrêsis use (chrê(sthai) to use, need + -sis -SIS)]

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