Catachresis

kat-a-krē′sis, n. ( rhet. ) a figure by which a word is used in a sense different from, yet analogous to, its own: a harsh or far-fetched metaphor.— adjs. Catachres′tic , -al .— adv. Catachres′tically . [L.,—Gr. katachrēsis , misuse.]