prototypical
adjective
being the original or model on which something is based or formed.
prototypal
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a variation of
prototypical.
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a word derived from
prototype.
prototypenounthe original or model on which something is based or formed.
Example Sentences
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Rodgers is eye to eye with only a few others, notably Darren Sproles of New Orleans, the prototypal short tailback.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2013
The new heroine was Jean Harlow, prototypal "platinum blonde."
From Time Magazine Archive
They had various myths of old conflicts of the gods, and of the production of the earth and all the men in it from the dissection of an immense prototypal human monster.
From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies
