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Definition of "catachrestical" []

  • Catachrestic (adjective)

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Use "catachrestical" in a sentence
  • "Its plural is catachreses, its adjectival forms catachrestic and catachrestical."
  • "I begged leave, in assenting to his doctrine, to differ from his application of it, as we ought not to risk, by using a figurative expression, the exciting of any absurd images or catachrestical ideas."
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