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A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology

catachresis

n. See malapropism. Greek katakhrēsis ‘a misusing’.

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Catachresis from A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology. ISBN: 0-203-69511-9. Published: 2005–01–03. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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