Dictionary entry

Catachrestic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ 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-fetched.

— Cat′a‐chres″tic‐al‐ly, adv.

catachrestical and improper way of speaking.

Jer. Taylor.