Etymology

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Today it means: A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τόπος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτόπος“place”
  2. English todaytopos

From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”). Compare topic.

Words from the same roots

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