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trope /trōp/ noun- A figure of speech, properly one in which a word or expression is used in other than its literal sense, eg metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche or irony
- A short cadence peculiar to Gregorian melodies
- A phrase formerly interpolated in different parts of the mass
transitive verb To provide with tropes ORIGIN: Gr tropos a turn, from trepein to turn tropˈical adjective tropˈist noun - A user of tropes
- Someone who understands the Bible as having a figurative significance
tropologˈic or tropologˈical adjective tropologˈically adverb tropolˈogy noun - Figurative language
- A moral interpretation of the Bible
tropic /tropˈik/ noun- An imaginary circle on the celestial sphere about 231/2º N (tropic of Cancer) or S (tropic of Capricorn) of the equator, where the sun turns on reaching its greatest declination north or south
- A corresponding circle on the terrestrial globe
- (in pl) the part of the earth between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
- A turning point or limit
adjective- Of or relating to the sun's turning
- Of the tropics
- Of or of the nature of a tropism (biology)
ORIGIN: Gr tropos a turning tropˈical adjective - Of or relating to a tropic or the tropics
- Found in or characteristic of the tropics
- Fervidly hot
- Luxuriant
- Of the nature of a trope, figurative
tropˈically adverb tropical month see under month tropical year see under year tropˈicbird noun A tropical seabird Phaethon with long tail feathers |