catachresis

noun4

1. •
   Either of two types of misuse of a word or misapplication of a concept.
2. •
   A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
3. •
   Such a misuse involving some similarity of sound between the misused word and the appropriate word.
4. •
   (rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of a figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.

   • A Catachresis terms abused receives, And epithets and attributes improper gives. — 1835