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tropery

Syllables: tro·peryUK/ˈtɹəʊ.p(ə.)ɹi/US/ˈtɹoʊ.p(ə.)ɹi/

tropery noun: the usage of tropes (in a creative work, genre, style, etc.). Also the alternative spelling of tropary.

Noun

tropery (countable and uncountable, plural troperies)

  1. the usage of tropes (in a creative work, genre, style, etc.)
    • Did you really think I would stoop to such tropery?
    • Sward never met a trope he didn’t like. In the hands of a lesser artist, such a gift would be a disaster. The poem, however, concludes, “O name poor name, / will the rain care for you as I have cared for you? / Will the wind devour you, / knock your head against a tree? / Already I have forgotten.”...2004, Robert Sward, Bruce Meyer [Epilogue], “Epilogue”, in The collected poems of Robert Sward, 1957-2004, Black Moss Press, page 224

Also used as

tropery is also the alternative spelling of tropary.

Forms of tropery

pluraltroperies

Origin of tropery

From trope + -ery.

From Medieval Latin troparium, troperium (“book of tropes”), from tropus (“trope”) + -ārium (“-ary, -ery”).

Words that rhyme with tropery

Questions about tropery

What does tropery mean?
Tropery means the usage of tropes (in a creative work, genre, style, etc.).
What part of speech is tropery?
Tropery is a noun.
How do you pronounce tropery?
Tropery is pronounced /ˈtɹəʊ.p(ə.)ɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of tropery?
The plural of tropery is troperies.

Words near tropery in the dictionary

  1. tropept
  2. tropeptic
  3. tropepts
  4. troper
  5. tropers
  6. tropery
  7. tropes
  8. tropey
  9. trophaeal
  10. trophaeall
  11. trophallactic

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