troponym

noun

Etymology

From tropo- + -onym.

Definitions

  1. A verb that indicates more precisely the manner of doing something by replacing a verb of…

    A verb that indicates more precisely the manner of doing something by replacing a verb of a more generalized meaning.

    • ‘Stroll’ is a troponym of ‘walk’, since it involves a slow and relaxed sort of walking.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for troponym. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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