catachrestical

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Adjective

catachrestical (comparative more catachrestical, superlative most catachrestical)

  1. catachrestic
    • 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; , volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: James Flesher, for Richard Royston , →OCLC:
      Catachrestical and improper way of speaking.

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