Cat`a*chres"tic (?), Cat"a*chres"tic*al (?), a.

Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fatched.

-- Cat`a*chres"tic*al*ly, adv.

[A] catachrestical and improper way of speaking. Jer. Taylor.

 

© Webster 1913.

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