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-tropy

-tropy suffix: exhibiting a behavior.

Suffix

-tropy

  1. exhibiting a behavior.
  2. turning, affecting, change, response, movement.

Origin of -tropy

Borrowed from French -tropie, from Ancient Greek -τροπίᾱ (-tropíā), from τρόπος (trópos, “a turn”).

Questions about -tropy

What does -tropy mean?
-tropy means exhibiting a behavior.
What part of speech is -tropy?
-tropy is a suffix.

Words near -tropy in the dictionary

  1. -trophy
  2. -tropia
  3. -tropic
  4. -tropin
  5. -tropism
  6. -tropy
  7. -tu-
  8. -Tube
  9. -tuber
  10. -tude
  11. -tum-

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