catachresis
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In this sense the proverb is current by a misuse, or a catachresis at least, of both the words, fortune and fools.
From Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit and Some Miscellaneous Pieces by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
As to 'twinn'd stones'—may it not be a bold catachresis for muscles, cockles, and other empty shells with hinges, which are truly twinned?
From Literary Remains, Volume 2 by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
It is a sort of quaint alteration or catachresis of Possunt quia posse videntur.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
Tis true, no poet but may sometimes use a catachresis.
From An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments by Arber, Thomas Seccombe, Professor
V.—I like that catachresis, but once again I repeat, I am practical, and prefer synedoche.
From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
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