Tropology Definition

trō-pŏlə-jē
tropologies
noun
The use of tropes or figurative language.
Webster's New World
A method of considering or interpreting Scripture in a figurative, moralistic way rather than in a literal sense.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Tropology

Noun

Singular:
tropology
Plural:
tropologies

Origin of Tropology

  • Late Latin tropologia from Late Greek tropologiā Greek tropos trope trope Greek -logiā -logy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Greek τροπολογία (tropología), from τρόπος (trópos) + λόγος (lógos)

    From Wiktionary

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