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adj
In the way of an archetype, in the way of an idealized or most representative model.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Very typical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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adjective satellite
representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: archetypal, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical
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History
Etymology tree English archetype Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English archetypical From archetype + -ical.
