Meanings
adjectivecatachrestical (comparative more catachrestical, superlative most catachrestical)
comparative more catachrestical · superlative most catachrestical
- catachrestic
Catachrestical and improper way of speaking.
1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLCSynonyms: catachrestic, malapropian, malapropic, malapropistic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecatachrestic
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveconstituting or characterized by or given to catachresis
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