trop.
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
trop. (plural trops.)
- Abbreviation of tropic (parallel of latitude).
Adjective[edit]
trop. (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of tropical (of or pertaining to the tropics; from or similar to a hot, humid climate; dated: metaphorical, figurative).
- 1879, Charlton Thomas Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, “equus” II.C.2:
- Trop., of a secret conspiracy, Cic. Mur. 37, 78.
- 1879, Charlton Thomas Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, “equus” II.C.2:
Synonyms[edit]
- (tropical: metaphorical, figurative): fig.
References[edit]
- The New Penguin Dictionary of Abbreviations: from A to zz, Rosalind Fergusson. (Penguin Books, 2000), page 376