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abusio

abusio noun: catachresis.

Noun

abusio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Catachresis.

Origin of abusio

Unadapted borrowing from Latin. Doublet of abusion.

Questions about abusio

What does abusio mean?
Abusio means catachresis.
What part of speech is abusio?
Abusio is a noun.

Words near abusio in the dictionary

  1. abusest
  2. abuseth
  3. Abushanab
  4. abusing
  5. abusingly
  6. abusio
  7. abusion
  8. abusions
  9. abusious
  10. abusive
  11. abusively

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