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adjective
2.
conforming to a particular type.
3.
Biology. exemplifying most nearly the essential characteristics of a higher group in natural history, and forming the type: the typical genus of a family.
4.
characteristic or distinctive: He has the mannerisms typical of his class.
5.
pertaining to, of the nature of, or serving as a type or emblem; symbolic.
Also, typ·ic.
Origin:
1605–15; < Medieval Latin typicālis, equivalent to Late Latin typic(us) (< Greek typikós, equivalent to týp(os) type + -ikos -ic) + Latin -ālis -al1
1605–15; < Medieval Latin typicālis, equivalent to Late Latin typic(us) (< Greek typikós, equivalent to týp(os) type + -ikos -ic) + Latin -ālis -al1
Related forms
typ·i·cal·ly, adverb
typ·i·cal·ness, typ·i·cal·i·ty, noun
non·typ·i·cal, adjective
non·typ·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·typ·i·cal·ness, noun
EXPANDqua·si-typ·i·cal, adjective
qua·si-typ·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·typ·i·cal, adjective
un·typ·i·cal·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. normal, average, stock, usual.
1. normal, average, stock, usual.
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Typical
is always a great word to know.
So is unfit. Does it mean:
| the reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations |
| an organism that is not adapted to prevailing conditions or producing offspring that maintain its contribution of genes to the next generation |
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Word Origin & History
typical
c.1600, "symbolic, emblematic," from M.L. typicalis "symbolic," from L.L. typicus "of or pertaining to a type," from Gk. typikos, from typos "impression" (see type). Sense of "characteristic" is first recorded 1850. Related: Typically.
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