Catachrestic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Catachrestic \Cat`a*chres"tic\, Catachrestical
  \Cat`a*chres"tic*al\, a.
     Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis;
     constituting, characterized by or given to catachresis;
     wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fetched.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Cat`a*chres"tic*al*ly}, adv.


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           [A] catachrestical and improper way of speaking. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  catachrestic
       adj : constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis
             [syn: {catachrestical}]