Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: triumphant – trouble
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triumphant, adj. [Fr. < L.]
- Jubilant; exultant; rousing; stirring; exhilarating; [fig.] patriotic; celebrating a military victory.
- Joyful; confidently happy; rejoicing for victory; graced with conquest.
triumphant, adv. [Fr.]
- Overwhelmingly; inevitably; with unstoppable success.
- Victoriously; by a winner; in the manner of a hero.
trivial, adj. [L. trivialis.]
Insignificant; trifling.
troop (-s), n. [OFr trope.]
Collection of people; body of soldiers.
tropic, adj. [L. tropicus < Gk.]
- Exotic; sultry; [fig.] colorful; exuberant.
- Verdant; lush; floral; rich in vegetation; [fig.] pertaining to spring; [word play on “tropical” < “trope”] poetic; lyrical; rhetorical; metaphorical; figurative; symbolic; allusive; analogical.
- Tropical; equatorial; belonging to the Tropics; pertaining to areas of warm climate on either side of the equator; [fig.] emotive; capable of feeling.
- Sunny; warm; hot in temperature; [fig.] passionate; affectionate; sentimental.
tropic, n. [see tropic, adj.]
Zone; band; latitude; parallel; geographic area; warm color at dusk on the horizon; [word play on “trope”] image; figure; ornament; metaphor; symbol; allusion; analogy.
troth, n. [see truth, n.]
- Belief; faith; trust; confidence; fidelity; word of promise.
- Tryst; reunion; meeting of lovers; promise to meet at a certain time and place; [fig.] wedding.
Trotwood, proper n. [poss. < Trotter, messenger < Fr. trot; see also wood, n.]
David Copperfield; new given name that the boy protagonist receives when Aunt Betsy Trotwood adopts him in Charles Dicken's novel David Copperfield.
troubadour, n. [Fr.]
- Bard; singer; one who plays a musical instrument; French medieval lyric poet who expresses courtly love; [fig.] songbird.
- Harper; harpist; psalmist; song writer; one who composes and performs lyric poems; musician who plays a stringed instruments while singing.
trouble, n. [OFr truble.] (webplay: turn, insects, disturbance, guest, vessel, hollow, channel, sea, hollow, waves, truant, trick, intermission, violates, covenant).
- Molestation; inconvenience; annoyance; uneasiness; trial; affliction.
- Disturbance; annoyance; vexation; agitation; perplexity; thing that prevents peace of mind.