catachresis
/,kætə'krisɪs/
noun
11 letters4 syllables18 points in Scrabble®19 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
NOUN
1
Strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths').
WORD FORMS
Related formcatachrestic
Related formcatachrestical
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®18 points
Words With Friends®19 points
Double word36 points
Triple word54 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinatachresiscay
Starts & ends withC … S
Syllablescat · a · chre · sis
SYNONYMS & RELATED2
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