tropical English · revision 7206

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1527}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/; /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/, /ˈtɹəʊ.pɪ.kəl/ ''(UK)''; /ˈtɹɑ.pɪ.kəl/, /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[tropic]] and [[-al]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Relating to the celestial tropics: 1527 in the OED, the 1520s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) MWU dates a sense to the 15th century.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Relating to the torrid zone of the earth is from 1698.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Diseases of tropical regions are from 1828,^(OED 1989) and clothing for hot climates from 1792.^(OED 1989) Hot and lush like the climate of the tropics, figuratively ardent or luxuriant, is from 1834.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) SOED also records a mid-16th-century sense, of the nature of a [[trope]], figurative.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1527 – of the celestial tropics.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1698 – of the torrid zone.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1792 – of clothing for hot climates.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1834 – hot and lush.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of, found in or typical of the [[tropics]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Very hot and humid.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(astronomy)'' Relating to either tropic.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tropically]]

+ * [[tropicality]]

+ * [[subtropical]]

+ * [[intertropical]]

+ * [[neotropical]]

+ * [[paleotropical]]

+ * [[pantropical]]

+ * [[semitropical]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tropic]]

+ * [[tropics]]

+ * [[trope]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}