tropery

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)the usage of tropes (in a creative work, genre, style, etc.)

   “Did you really think I would stoop to such tropery?”

   “Sward never met a trope he didn’t like. In the hands of a lesser artist, such a gift would be a disaster. The poem, however, concludes, “O name poor name, / will the rain care for you as I have cared for you? / Will the wind devour you, / knock your head against a tree? / Already I have forgotten.” Such poems are more than mere tropery. They go beyond the conceit.”

   “"Horrors!” squeal the noveltymongers. But here’s an original thought. Let’s embrace the standard semantics of tropery—let’s stop seeing a welter of clichés and instead call it what it is: a programming language.”

2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of tropary

   “Among the archives of the dean and chapter of St. Paul's, are two inventories of the goods and ornaments belonging to the church of Chiswick. The first bears date 1252, and may be thus translated: A good and sufficient missal sent from the treasury of St. Paul's. A tropery, in good condition, except that it wants binding.”