Definition of Catachresis

Noun

  • strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
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Word games points for the Catachresis

  • Scrabble® score of the catachresis (18)
  • Word Chums® score of the catachresis (24)
  • Words With Friends® score of the catachresis (19)

Unscramble catachresis

942 unscramble word found using the letters catachresis.
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