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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

catachrestical en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. catachrestic
    • Catachrestical and improper way of speaking. 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC:

Forms

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most catachrestical Degree=Sup lexicographic
more catachrestical Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

catachrestic · malapropistic · malapropic · malapropian