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epitrope

epitrope noun: a figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to someone to do what he or she proposes to do, e.g. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still.

Noun

epitrope (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to someone to do what he or she proposes to do, e.g. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still.

Origin of epitrope

From Latin epitrope, from Ancient Greek ἐπιτροπή (epitropḗ, “reference, arbitration”), from ἐπιτρέπω (epitrépō).

Questions about epitrope

What does epitrope mean?
Epitrope means a figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to someone to do what he or she proposes to do, e.g. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still.
What part of speech is epitrope?
Epitrope is a noun.

Words near epitrope in the dictionary

  1. epitrochlearis
  2. epitrochleas
  3. epitrochoid
  4. epitrochoidal
  5. epitrochoids
  6. epitrope
  7. epitropy
  8. epitube
  9. epituberculosis
  10. epituberculous
  11. epitubes

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