fra: Catachrese

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has URIhttp://lexvo.org/id/term/fra/Catachrese
Meaning
means(noun) strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
catachresis

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