Out of use as words Abbr
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OBSOut of use, as words: Abbr.
OBSNo longer in use, as words: Abbr.
OBSOut of use: Abbr.
catachresismisuse or strained use of words, as in a mixed metaphor, occurring either in error or for rhetorical effect.
pleonasmThe use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning (e.g., see with one's eyes), either as a fault of style or for emphasis
tropesa. any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense b. instance of this
tropea. any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense b. instance of this
periphrasesThe use of separate words to express a grammatical relationship that is otherwise expressed by inflection, e.g., did go as opposed to went and more intelligent as opposed to smarter
periphrasisThe use of separate words to express a grammatical relationship that is otherwise expressed by inflection, e.g., did go as opposed to went and more intelligent as opposed to smarter
anaphorathe use of a word as a regular grammatical substitute for a preceding word or group of words, as the use of it and do in I know it and he does too
hendiadysthe expression of an idea by the use of usually two independent words connected by and (as nice and warm) instead of the usual combination of independent word and its modifier (as nicely warm)
zeugmathe use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way, as in to wage war and peace or On his fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold
zeugmasthe use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way, as in to wage war and peace or On his fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold
wordwritten or printed character or combination of characters representing a spoken word the number of words to a line sometimes used with the first letter of a real or pretended taboo word prefixed as an often humorous euphemism the first man to utter the f word on British TV Time we were not afraid to use the d word and talk about death Erma Bombeck