| | | noun | 1. The use of a word in a way that is not correct;, for example, the use of "mitigate" for "militate." |
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 |  | | "My greatest pet peeve as a reader is catachresis; mixed metaphors are so confusing." |
| | | "Tina's professor found the catachresis in her term paper so careless that he gave her a 'C.'" |
| | | "Joe's catachresis and repeated mixed metaphors caused a huge misunderstanding and almost lost his company the deal." |
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 | | Greek, mid-16th century |
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 | | "Catachresis" comes from the Greek "katakhrΔsthai" ("misuse"), but you might mix it up with "catechism," "a summary of the principles of Christian faith." While both words have Greek roots, the one we're concerned with today is a linguistic term. It's specifically a linguistic misuse, mixing up a word with … | | Continue Reading |
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