catachresis

• اسم يشير إلى استخدام منحرف أو متناقض للكلمات، إما عن طريق الخطأ كاستخدام كلمة بمعنى كلمة أخرى، أو عن قصد كالمزج بين استعارتين متناقضتين.

A noun referring to the strained or paradoxical use of words, either by mistake (e.g., using 'blatant' to mean 'flagrant') or deliberately (e.g., in a mixed metaphor like 'blind mouths').

1. Strained or paradoxical use of wordsC2formal

   The incorrect or strained use of a word, either by mistake (e.g., using 'blatant' to mean 'flagrant') or deliberately (e.g., in a mixed metaphor like 'blind mouths').

   استعمال الكلام غير السوي

   • The poet's use of catachresis created a striking but confusing image.
   • In his speech, he committed a catachresis by mixing metaphors about sailing and farming.
   • Some critics argue that the phrase 'the voice of the silence' is a catachresis.

   المرادفاتabusemalapropismmisusemixed metaphorperversionsolecism