c 3 a 1 t 1 a 1 c 3 h 4 r 1 e 1 s 1 i 1 s 1
11 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
originLearned borrowing from Latin catachrēsis, borrowed from Ancient Greek κατάχρησις (katákhrēsis, “misuse (of a word)”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- scratches 16
- scritches 16
- catchers 15
- catchier 15
- cratches 15
- scraichs 15
- archaises 14
- archaists 14
- catharses 14
- catharsis 14
- chastiser 14
- theriacas 14