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noun • language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | ||||||||
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Literary Figure Of Speech Crossword Clue
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TROPE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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TROPE
Updated: October 11, 2023
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| New York Times09 Nov 2016 | Down 23 | |
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1 | A figure of speech or literary device used to make something eternal or everlasting | |
2 | A figure of speech satisfied a figure in speech
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07 Sep 2015 | The Guardian Cryptic / 07 Sep 2015 |
3 | A literary figure of speech where a proper noun is replaced by a descriptive phrase | |
4 | From the Greek for “depth” and introduced in its literary sense by Alexander Pope, an anticlimax or ludicrous descent from the sublime to the ridiculous in speech/writing
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5 | Literary figure?
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23 Sep 1995 | New York Times / 23 Sep 1995 |
6 | Speech or part of speech
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04 Jun 1990 | New York Times / 04 Jun 1990 |
7 | Speech therapists initially take on voices and speech impediments
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