trope
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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trope (rhet.) use of a word or phrase in a sense not proper to it, figure of speech XVI; (liturg.) phrase introduced into the text for musical embellishment XIX. — L.
tropus figure of speech — Gr.
trópos turn, rel. to
trépein vb. turn.
So
troper book of tropes. OE.
tropere — medL.
troperium, var. of
tropārium.
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