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catachresized

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cat-achre-sized
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a word, that has been misused.

adj

Of a term, whose application has been misused.

adj

Of a metaphor or trope, that has been incorrectly applied.

Etymology

From catachresis + -ize + -d.

Questions

What does catachresized mean?
Of a word, that has been misused.
Where does catachresized come from?
From catachresis + -ize + -d.

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