Croatian Meaning of catachresis
Katakreza
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Definitions and Meaning of catachresis in English
catachresis (n)
strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
catachresis (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.
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Katakreza
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
analogija,opipisivanje ,Lozinka,eufemizam,Metafora,miješane metafore,Poredba,mrtva metafora,taština,koljenasto vratilo
No antonyms found.
catacaustic => Katakaustika, catacala => Mačakala, catabolize => katabolizzirati, catabolism => Katabolizam, catabolise => katabolizirati,
