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CATACHRESIS , CATACHRESIS [Stress: ‘kata-KREE-sis’]. A traditional term for the mistaken use of one word for another, as in Royal Anglican Regiment for Royal Angli… Word , WORD
WORD A fundamental term in both the general and technical discussion of language. The following selection of primary definitions of word is draw… Loanword , LOANWORD, also loan-word, loan word. A WORD taken into one language from another: in English, garage from French, leitmotif from German. Such words a… converse , con·verse1 • v. / kənˈvərs/ [intr.] engage in conversation. • n. / ˈkänˌvərs/ archaic conversation. DERIVATIVES: con·vers·er / kənˈvərsər/ n. con·ver… Byword , byword •absurd, bird, Byrd, curd, engird, gird, Heard, herd, Kurd, misheard, nerd, overheard, reheard, third, turd, undergird, undeterred, unheard, u… Buzzword , BUZZWORD, also buzz word. An informal term for a word that is fashionable and used more to impress than inform: for example, power with the sense ‘pe…
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