katachreza.
catachresis (new meaning of a word resulting from transferring the name of one thing to another that has not been named before)
Meaning & usage
catachresis (new meaning of a word resulting from transferring the name of one thing to another that has not been named before)
catachresis (illogical metaphor created on the basis of distant associations)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Ancient Greek χρή (khrḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Ancient Greek -άω (-áō) Ancient Greek χρᾰ́ομαι (khrắomai) Ancient Greek καταχράομαι (katakhráomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek κατάχρησις (katákhrēsis)lbor. Polish katachreza Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κατάχρησις (katákhrēsis). First attested in 1839.
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