different between abusio vs catachresis

English

Etymology

From Latin. Doublet of abusion.

Noun

abusio (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) Catachresis.

Translations

Latin

Noun

ab?si? f (genitive ab?si?nis); third declension

1. (rhetoric) the loose or improper use of a word, catachresis
2. (in general) abuse, misuse

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: abusio, abusion
• Portuguese: abusão

References

• abusio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abusio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abusio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• abusio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Alternative forms

• catechresis, katachresis (both 17th century, obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin catachr?sis, borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????????? (katákhr?sis, “misuse (of a word)”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæt.??k?i?.s?s/

Noun

catachresis (plural catachreses)

1. A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
   1. (often, especially) Such a misuse involving some similarity of sound between the misused word and the appropriate word.
2. (rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly-applied metaphor or trope.

Synonyms

• (misuse of a word, regardless of similar sounds): misnomer
• (misuse of a word, with similar sounds): malapropism
• ((rhetoric) bad metaphor or trope): abusio

Related terms

• catachresized
• catachrestic
• catachrestical
• catachrestically

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