Timeline for Why does 'tropical' mean 'figurative'?
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| Feb 3, 2023 at 16:06 | comment | added | zeno | Thanks, @fev and Laurel. I'm sure that in my future are many more questions about archaic usage. | |
| Feb 3, 2023 at 10:58 | comment | added | fev | @zeno So glad you were able to join your questions into one account. Well done! | |
| Feb 2, 2023 at 16:12 | comment | added | fev | @AndrewLeach I don't have access to the Oxford Languages Dictionaries. Neither do many users, so I am not sure how I can fulfil your request. If you have a way, please let me know. | |
| Feb 2, 2023 at 16:05 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | Please don't link to Google. Please link to the real source they have aggregated; if Google change their source, the link effectively breaks because it doesn't refer to Oxford any more. | |
| Feb 1, 2023 at 17:39 | comment | added | Andy | Seeing that the PIE root is *trep-, I thought maybe German "Treppe" (stairs) is related, but seemingly it isn't | |
| Feb 1, 2023 at 17:20 | comment | added | DjinTonic | A search in Google Books turns up modern examples of usage, e.g. tropical rhetoric | |
| Feb 1, 2023 at 3:14 | comment | added | Tinfoil Hat | I would pronounce that trope-ical — with a long o. | |
| Feb 1, 2023 at 1:41 | comment | added | Laurel♦ | @zeno You should try to get your accounts merged. (And also register this account in the meantime so you don't lose access again!) | |
| Jan 31, 2023 at 22:46 | comment | added | alphabet | This use is most prominent in philosophy, where "trope" is a technical term in metaphysics. | |
| Jan 31, 2023 at 18:11 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | It's apparently not "archaic". The two most recent citations for this sense in the full OED are 1984 and 2009. | |
| Jan 31, 2023 at 17:06 | history | edited | fev | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 31, 2023 at 16:57 | comment | added | zeno | I mean this, and I never made an account. This today is 'my' first question because I switched browsers and lost the cookie identifying me as the asker. | |
| Jan 31, 2023 at 16:42 | comment | added | zeno | Certainly. Months ago, you also answered my last question, about the usage of 'now', within minutes, so thanks again! | |
| Jan 31, 2023 at 16:35 | history | edited | fev | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 31, 2023 at 16:32 | comment | added | fev | Just keep in mind it is rare and archaic. | |
| Jan 31, 2023 at 16:30 | vote | accept | zeno | ||
| Jan 31, 2023 at 16:28 | history | edited | fev | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 31, 2023 at 16:25 | comment | added | zeno | Thank you. Now I also know that 'trope' means 'metaphor' as well as referring to a recurring theme. | |
| Jan 31, 2023 at 16:22 | history | answered | fev | CC BY-SA 4.0 |