CATACHRESTIC; CATACHRESTICAL

a.

1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


a.

Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fatched. -- Cat`a*chres"tic*al*ly, adv. [A] catachrestical and improper way of speaking. Jer. Taylor.


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