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— English words —

• catachresis n. A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
• catachresis n. (Rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied…

— English word, defined in French —

• catachresis n. Catachrèse.

19 English words from 2 English definitions

analogical application applied denote description does figurative misapplication misuse not of␣a overextension properly Rhetoric something term which word wrongly

1 foreign word from the foreign definition

Catachrèse

28 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ach ACH Ata ATA âta -ata cat Cat CAT cata- Chr CHR ESI -esis HRE H.Res. H.␣Res. res RES Res. resi sis SIs SIS -sis tac TAC tach

25 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ata ATA âta -ata cat Cat CAT cata- HCA Ise ISE -ise I'se Iser -iser ser SER ser. sis SIs SIS -sis sise tac TAC

4 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

catharises saccharise saccharite scratchies

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

catachreses catechresis katachresis

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