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Word: Catachresis
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from Latin, from Greek katakhrēsis, from katakhrēsthai ‘misuse’, from kata- ‘down’ (expressing the sense ‘wrongly’) + khrēsthai ‘use’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌkatəˈkriːsɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the use of a word in an incorrect way, for example the use of mitigate for militate.
Short Definition:use of word in incorrect way
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