catachresis

Example Sentences

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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

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

Tis true, no poet but may sometimes use a catachresis.

From An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments by Arber, Thomas Seccombe, Professor

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

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