catachresis

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
2. (countable, especially, often, uncountable)A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
3. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)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.”