Etymology

tropery

tro·pery
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Today it means: the usage of tropes (in a creative work, genre, style, etc.) Full definition →

Medieval Latin troparium
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tropery · noun1

From trope + -ery.

tropery · noun2

  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromtroparium
  2. English todaytropery

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

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