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catachresis

noun /kætəkrisɪs/ 4 syllables 11 letters Scrabble 18 WWF 19
Definitions
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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