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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catachrestic \Cat`a*chres"tic\, Catachrestical
\Cat`a*chres"tic*al\, a.
Belonging to or in the manner of a catachresis; wrested
from its natural sense or form forced; far-fetched. --
{Cat`a*chres"tic*al*ly}, adv
[A] catachrestical and improper way of speaking. --Jer.
Taylor.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
catachrestical
adj : constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis
[syn: {catachrestic}]
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