Tropologicalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

tropological (comparative more tropological, superlative most tropological)

1. Relating to or involving the interpretation of literature focusing on the ethical lesson or moral of the story.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970:

     tropological , allegorical expositions

   • 2001, William Royall Newman & Anthony Grafton, Secrets of Nature: Astrology and Alchemy in Early Modern Europe, →ISBN, page 27:

     Even the widely revered description of alchemy as terrestrial astronomy was a tropological association, comparing one discipline to the other rather than using the tools of the former in the operation of the latter.