troponym
nounEtymology
From tropo- + -onym.
Definitions
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.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA