DICTIONARY ENTRY
4 SYLLABLES
catachresis
/,kætə'krisɪs/ · kætəkrisɪs
Catachresis has 4 syllables: cat · a · chre · sis.
cat
01
a
02
chre
03
sis
04
noun. Strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths').
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