catachresis

catachresis is a valid 11-letter word worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends.

Meaning

What does catachresis mean?

  • noun

    strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')

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