— tropologic /trop'euh loj"ik, troh'peuh-/ , tropological , adj. — tropologically , adv.
/troh pol"euh jee/ , n. , pl. tropologies for 2.
1. the use of figurative language in speech or writing.
2. a treatise on figures of speech or tropes.
3. the use of a Scriptural text so as to give it a moral interpretation or significance apart from its direct meaning.
[ 1510-20; tropologia tropología. See TROPE, -O-, -LOGY ]