trope
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (tropos), “‘a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic’”).
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trope (plural tropes)
- A figure of speech, such as a metaphor, in which a word or phrase is used other than in a literal manner.
- (music) A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
- (music) A phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir.
- (Judaism) A cantillation.
- (literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror or ‘once upon a time’ as introduction to fairytales. Similar to a cliché, but not necessarily pejorative.
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figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used other than in a literal manner
music: short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music
music: phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir
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[edit] Verb
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to trope (third-person singular simple present tropes, present participle troping, simple past and past participle troped)
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[edit] External links
- trope in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- trope in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- trope at OneLook® Dictionary Search
[edit] References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
