Russian Meaning of catachresis
Катафреза
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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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Катафреза
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
аналогия,Обиняк ,Кодовое слово,эвфемизм,Метафора,смешанная метафора,Сравнение,мёртвая метафора,тщеславие,кривошип
No antonyms found.
catacaustic => Каустика, catacala => Кошка, catabolize => катаболизировать, catabolism => Катаболизм, catabolise => катаболизировать,
