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catachresis

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No expression so terse and yet so striking could dispense with the classicism and the catachresis of "stoically."

In this sense the proverb is current by a misuse, or a catachresis at least, of both the words, fortune and fools.

In this sense the proverb is current by a misuse, or a catachresis at least of both the words, Fortune and Fools.

And yet, after a vast deal of such like catachresis, the orthodoxy of plagiarism remains still in dispute.

It is true that might be taken by catachresis to designate a chamberlain as functionary of the Oriental Court.

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On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to catachresis, such as: atrocity, barbarity, brutality, cruelty, inhumanity, and coarseness.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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