Etymology

epitrope

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Today it 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. Full definition →

Latin epitrope ← Ancient Greek ἐπιτροπή
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐπιτροπή“reference, arbitration”
  2. Latin · derived fromepitrope
  3. English todayepitrope

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

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