Hindi meaning of catachresis
catachresis
/ अर्थ-विपर्यय; शब्दों का अनुचित प्रयोग; अपप्रयोग; Next : seizing
English Dictionary:
1. Catachresis [n.]
- A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another,
or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, "To take
arms against a sea of troubles". Shak. "Her voice was but the shadow of
a sound." Young. [n.]Nearby Words:
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