Trope Definition
trōp
tropes
noun
tropes
A figure of speech.
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The use of a word or words in a figurative sense.
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Figurative language in general.
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A common, often conventional, theme, motif, style, etc.
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In the medieval church,
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affix
A turning or changing.
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Something that turns or changes.
Thaumatrope.
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Turning.
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verb
(intransitive) To think or write in terms of tropes.
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Origin of Trope
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From Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (tropos, “a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic").
From Wiktionary
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Latin tropus from Greek tropos turn, figure of speech trep- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Gr -tropos: see trope
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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