Korean Meaning of catachresis

역사

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Definitions and Meaning of catachresis in English

Wordnet

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')

Webster

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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역사

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

아날로지,우회적인 표현 ,코드워드,완곡어법(완곡어법),은유,혼합 비유,비유,죽은 은유,자만,크랭크

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catacaustic => 피열선, catacala => 밤나방, catabolize => 분해, catabolism => 이화작용, catabolise => 분해 대사,