metaphor, trope, transitory, wantonly, duellist

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They need to protect their daughter again, this time from their wanton acquisitiveness.







“All that is transitory is but a metaphor.”




― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

met·a·phor

noun \ˈme-tə-ˌfȯr also -fər\
1

: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money); broadly : figurative language — compare simile

2

: an object, activity, or idea treated as a metaphor : symbol 2

— met·a·phor·ic or met·a·phor·i·cal adjective

— met·a·phor·i·cal·ly adverb

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Examples of METAPHOR

1. “He was drowning in paperwork” is a metaphor in which having to deal with a lot of paperwork is being compared to drowning in an ocean of water.
2. Her poems include many imaginative metaphors.
3. a poet admired for her use of metaphor
4. You see, menudo is our chicken soup for the body and soul, our metaphor for bread-and-butter issues. —Joe Rodriguez, San Jose Mercury News, 20 May 2003
5. [+]more

Origin 

Middle English methaphor, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French metaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Greek, from metapherein to transfer, from meta- + pherein to bear — more at bear

First Known Use: 15th century

trope

Syllabification: (trope)

Pronunciation: /trōp/

Definition of trope

noun

• a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression:he used the two-Americas trope to explain how a nation free and democratic at home could act wantonly abroad
• a significant or recurrent theme; a motif:she uses the Eucharist as a pictorial trope

verb

[no object]

• create a trope.

Origin:

mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek tropos 'turn, way, trope', from trepein 'to turn'

trope (trōp)
n.

1. A figure of speech using words in nonliteral ways, such as a metaphor.
2. A word or phrase interpolated as an embellishment in the sung parts of certain medieval liturgies.

[Latin tropus, from Greek tropos, turn, figure of speech.]

tropical trop'i·cal (trō'pĭ-kəl) adj.

[名]

1 《修辞学》((米))言葉のあや, 修辞（語句）.

2 トゥロープス：装飾的に付加された典礼文中の語句.

wanton

Syllabification: (wan·ton)

Pronunciation: /ˈwäntn/

Definition of wanton

adjective

• 1(of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked:sheer wanton vandalism

• 2(especially of a woman) sexually immodest or promiscuous.
• literary growing profusely; luxuriant:where wanton ivy twines
• literary lively; playful:a wanton fawn

noun

archaic

• a sexually immodest or promiscuous woman.

verb

[no object] archaic or literary

• 1play; frolic.

• 2behave in a sexually immodest or promiscuous way.

Derivatives

wantonly
adverb

wantonness
noun

Origin:

Middle English wantowen 'rebellious, lacking discipline', from wan- 'badly' + Old English togen 'trained' (related to team and tow¹)