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Definition: Catachresis |
CatachresisNoun1. Strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths'). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Catachresis \Cat`a*chre"sis\, noun. [Latin expression from Greek misuse, from to misuse; kata` against to use.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Metaphor | Phrase; figure, trope, metaphor, enallage, catachresis; metonymy, synecdoche; autonomasia, irony, figurativeness; Adjective: image, imagery; metalepsis, type, anagoge, simile, personification, prosopopoeia, allegory, apologue, parable, fable; allusion, adumbration; application. |
Misinterpretation | Noun: misinterpretation, misapprehension, misunderstanding, misacceptation, misconstruction, misapplication; catachresis; eisegesis; cross-reading, cross-purposes; mistake. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Catachresis |
| English words defined with "catachresis": catachrestic, catachrestical. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
catachresis | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Catachresis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: catechresis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "catachresis" (pronounced 'Cat`a*chre"sis'): Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, AEsthesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anamnesis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Aponeurosis, Aposiopesis, apsis, Archebiosis, Arsis, Arteriosclerosis, Arthrosis, Asepsis, Athetosis, Autokinesis, Auxesis, Basis, Biognosis, Calliopsis, Cardiosclerosis, Cariopsis, Caryopsis, Chemosis, Chlorosis, Chromidrosis, Cillosis, Cirrhosis, Classis, Coenesthesis, Coreopsis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-h-i-r-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: archaises, archaists, caritases, catharses, catharsis, chastiser, sarcastic, scratches, staircase, theriacas. | |
-3 letters: archaise, archaist, ascetics, asterias, atresias, carcases, cashiers, catchers, catchier, charases, chariest, chastise, citharas, cratches, hetairas, rachises, scarcest, scariest, scraichs, starches, theriaca, theriacs, tracheas. | |
-4 letters: achiest, actress, aitches, archaic, arctics, aristae, aristas, ascaris, ascetic, ascites, ashiest, asteria, atresia, cachets, caesars, cahiers, carates, carcase. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-e-h-i-r-s-s-t" | |
+3 letters: saccharimeters, saccharinities, trisaccharides. | |
+4 letters: characteristics, thalassocracies. | |
+5 letters: archiepiscopates, mischaracterizes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 74 61 63 68 72 65 73 69 73 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- - .- -.-. .... .-. . ... .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110100 01100001 01100011 01101000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a t a c h r e s i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0074 0061 0063 0068 0072 0065 0073 0069 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3767866769748471857585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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