catachresis

Example Sentences

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The hyperbole and catachresis are so nearly related to a bull, that I shall dwell upon them with pleasure.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Edgeworth, Maria

The stone furze ditches are scarcely bolder instances of the catachresis than the stone tables of shittim-wood.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Edgeworth, Maria

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

"The fury of his fancy often transported him beyond the bounds of judgment, either in coining of new words and phrases, or racking words which were in use, into the violence of catachresis."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various

‘Liquorish,’ by catachresis for lickerish = tempting to the appetite, causing one to lick one’s lips.

From Milton's Comus by Bell, William