CATACHRESIS

noun (plural catachreses) Etymology: Latin, from Greek katachrēsis misuse, from katachrēsthai to use up, misuse, from kata- + chrēsthai to use Date: 1550 use of the wrong word for the context, use of a forced and especially paradoxical figure of speech (as blind mouths ), catachrestic or catachrestical adjective catachrestically adverb