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catachresized

adj

Etymology

From catachresis + -ize + -d.

derived from κατάχρησις — “misuse (of a word)”
learned borrowing from catachrēsis
formed as catachresized — “catachresis + -ize + -d”

Definitions

Of a word, that has been misused.
Of a term, whose application has been misused.
Of a metaphor or trope, that has been incorrectly applied.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for catachresized. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA