Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAT-A-CHRES'TIC, or CAT-A-CHRES'TIC-AL
CAT-A-CHRE'SISCAT-A-CHRES'TIC-AL-LY
CAT-A-CHRES'TIC, or CAT-A-CHRES'TIC-AL, a.
Belonging to a catachresis; forced; far-fetched; wrested from its natural sense. – Johnson. Brown.
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