“catachrestic”的英文意思

单词

catachrestic

释义

catachrestic, a.|kætəˈkrɛstɪk, -ˈiːstɪk|
[ad. Gr. καταχρηστικός misused, misapplied: see prec.]
Of the nature of catachresis; wrongly used, misapplied, wrested from its proper meaning.
1656Blount Glossogr., Catachrestical, Catachrestique, abusive, as when one word is improperly put for another.1725J. Reynolds View of Death x, Go Doating, fond Philosophy, With all thy Catachrestic Names.1818Hallam Mid. Ages (1872) III. 238 The phrase is, so to say, catachrestic, not used in a proper sense.

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