catachresis

Example Sentences

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And yet, after a vast deal of such like catachresis, the orthodoxy of plagiarism remains still in dispute.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various

"The fury of his fancy often transported him beyond the bounds of judgment, either in coining of new words and phrases, or racking words which were in use, into the violence of catachresis."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various

In this sense the proverb is current by a misuse, or a catachresis at least of both the words, Fortune and Fools.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III by Lodge, Henry Cabot

V.—I like that catachresis, but once again I repeat, I am practical, and prefer synedoche.

From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

You must listen to the definition of a catachresis:—'A catachresis is the boldest of any trope.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Edgeworth, Maria