See Also: trope(dictionary)
trope(dictionary)

trope (iou)



trope noun & verb. M16.
[Latin tropus figure of speech from Greek tropos turn, rel. to trepein to turn.]
A. noun.
Rhetoric. A figure of speech consisting in the use of a word or phrase in a sense other than that which is proper to it; gen. a figurative use of a word; figurative or metaphorical language. M16.
Ecclesiastical History. A phrase, sentence, or verse introduced as a choral embellishment into part of the Mass or of the breviary office. M19.
Philosophy. An argument advanced by a sceptic. M19.
Geometry. The reciprocal of a node on a curve or surface. rare. M19.
b. verb trans. Ecclesiastical History. Introduce (a trope) as a choral embellishment; embellish with a trope or tropes; add as a trope to. Usu. in pass. L19.
troping noun (rare) (a) figurative or metaphorical speech or conversation; (b) the composition or use of tropes (TROPE noun 2): L17.