trope
trope definition
trope (trōp)
noun
- the use of a word or words in a figurative sense
- a figure of speech
- figurative language in general
- a common, often conventional, theme, motif, style, etc.
- in the medieval church,
- the interpolation of a phrase or passage into the authorized service: such passages were later developed into dramatic dialogues
- any such passage
Etymology: L tropus < Gr tropos, a turning, turn, figure of speech (akin to tropē, a turn) < trepein, to turn < IE base *trep-, to turn
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