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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

catachresized en · ADJ

Etymology

From catachresis + -ize + -d.

Meanings

  1. Of a word, that has been misused.
  2. Of a term, whose application has been misused.
  3. (rhetoric) Of a metaphor or trope, that has been incorrectly applied.