English Dictionary

catachresis

/ˌkæt.əˈkɹiː.sɪs/

noun

A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.

The use of 'literally' to mean 'figuratively' is a common catachresis.

意味（1）

A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.

意味（2）

(often, especially) Such a misuse involving some similarity of sound between the misused word and the appropriate word.

意味（3）

(rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.

A Catachresis terms abused receives,

A Catachresis terms abused receives, And epithets and attributes improper gives.]