tropist (tropist)

[ IMG:content-0945.png:[graphic] Tropical i an (trop-i-kāʻli-a a. deals in tropes; especially, one who explains the (trop i kalian, Tropic a Tropical i a Scriptures by tropes, or figures of speech. IMG:content-0946.png:[blocks in formation] tropologic (trop-o-loj'ik), a. [ tropolog - y + -ic.] Same as tropological . tropological (trop-o-loj'i-kal), a . [ tropologic + -al .] Figurative: as, tropological inter pre- tation. We are to take the second signification, the tropological or figurative. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 121. tropologically (trop-o-loj'i-kal-i), adv. In a tropological or figurative manner. with the two middle tail-feathers filamentous and long-tropologize (tro-pol'ō-jīz), v. t.; pret. and pp. exserted beyond the rest. They are somewhat larger than pigeons, white variously marked with black on the upper parts, and tinted with pink or salmon-color, especially on the long tail-feathers, and when adult have the bill red or yellow. The feet are small, and all four toes are united by webs. The two best-known species are the yellow-billed and the red-billed, Phaethon flavirostris and P. æthere us. Though resembling terns, they belong to a different order of birds, their nearest relatives being the frigate-pelicans or man-of-war birds. See cut under Phaethon. tropicopolitan (trop i-ko-pol'i-tan), a. [ tropologized, ppr. tropologizing. [ Hee also blamed those that by Allegories and Tropolo gies peruert and obscure the Historie of their Gods. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 87. IMG:content-0947.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A treatise on tropes or figures. Learned persons who have written vocabularies, tropolo gies, and expositions of words and phrases. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 121. 3. Specifically, that use of a Scripture text which gives it a moral significance apart from, or rather implied or involved in, its direct and temporary meaning. troppo (trop'pō), adv. [It.; = F. trop, too much: see de trop.] In music, too much; exce ively. Most frequently used in such directions as allegro, vivace, andante, etc., ma non troppo (allegro, vivace, andante, etc., but not too much so). See tanto.