catachresticaladj.
Having to do with catachresis; also = catachrestic adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [adjective] > in application of words
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adjective] > misapplying words
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1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 156 This..Misbegotten Catachresticall companion.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 88 An abusive Catechresticall sence.
1695 J. Humfrey Mediocria (ed. 2) 35 Justification from a law, and not by it, is a Catechrestical speech.
1884 C. A. Briggs Bibl. Study 355 Hyperboles, analogies, and loose catachrestical expressions.
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