catachresis
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This journal was, at the period in question, rather remarkable for the use of the figure called by the rhetoricians catachresis.
From Rejected Addresses by Smith, James
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 Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
You must listen to the definition of a catachresis:—'A catachresis is the boldest of any trope.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Edgeworth, Maria
And yet, after a vast deal of such like catachresis, the orthodoxy of plagiarism remains still in dispute.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. 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
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Reading: Literature - Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - High School
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