trope

trope
trope 1530s, from L. tropus "a figure of speech," from Gk. tropos "turn, direction, turn or figure of speech," related to trope "a turning" and trepein "to turn," from PIE root trep- "to turn" (Cf. Skt. trapate "is ashamed, confused," prop. "turns away in shame;" L. trepit "he turns"). Technically, in rhetoric, a figure of speech which consists in the use of a word or phrase in a sense other than that which is proper to it.

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  • -trope — [trōp] [Gr tropos: see TROPE] combining form 1. forming nouns a) a turning or changing b) something that turns or changes [thaumatrope] 2. forming adjectives turning …   English World dictionary

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