Catachresis

Catachresis and the amusing, awful and artificial cathedral

Catachresis and the amusing, awful and artificial cathedral 2009

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Catachresis and the amusing, awful and artificial cathedral 2009

Aristotle, however, subjoins it to the metaphor, as he likewise does the _Abuse_ or _Catachresis_; by which, for instance, we say

Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. Marcus Tullius Cicero

I'll not be too Critical here, tho 'methinks its but an odd sort of Gayety that's to be found in Tales of Hell; agreeable, I own, the most dreadful thing nay be, if well manag'd in Poetry, but he can hardly ever make 'em gay without a yery strong Catachresis.

Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry (1700) and the Essay on Heroic Poetry (second edition, 1697) Samuel Wesley

[Sidenote: Catachresis.] _Abusio_, when for a certeyne and proper worde, we abuse a lyke, or that is nie vnto it, as when we say: longe counsel, lytle talke, smal matter.

A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry

I was going to say that he could not call his soul his own; but that would be a Catachresis, and I hate and abominate every thing which begins with _cat_.

Olla Podrida Frederick Marryat 1820

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Catachresis and the amusing, awful and artificial cathedral 2009

And I turned to see the Voice which was speaking with me] Here we have two Figures — (1) Metonomy of the effect, by which the "voice" is put for the person speaking; and (2) this, when used with the verb "to see," produces the figure Catachresis (or Incongruity), as a voice cannot be seen.

Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909