tropology

[ troh-pol-uh-jee ]
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noun,plural tro·pol·o·gies for 2.
  1. the use of figurative language in speech or writing.

  2. a treatise on figures of speech or tropes.

  1. the use of a Scriptural text so as to give it a moral interpretation or significance apart from its direct meaning.

Origin of tropology

1
1510–20; <Late Latin tropologia<Greek tropología.See trope, -o-, -logy

Other words from tropology

  • trop·o·log·ic [trop-uh-loj-ik, troh-puh-], /ˌtrɒp əˈlɒdʒ ɪk, ˌtroʊ pə-/, trop·o·log·i·cal, adjective
  • trop·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for tropology

tropology

/ (trɒˈpɒlədʒɪ) /


nounplural -gies
  1. rhetoric the use of figurative language in speech or writing

  2. Christian theol the educing of moral or figurative meanings from the Scriptures

  1. a treatise on tropes or figures of speech

Origin of tropology

1
C16: via Late Latin from Greek tropalogia; see trope, -logy

Derived forms of tropology

  • tropologic or tropological, adjective

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