adjective
Etymology
Origin of typal
Example Sentences
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He is a typal man, as is shown in the fact that husbands, brothers, sons, and lovers are constantly called 'Halicarnassus' by the ladies most closely associated with them.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
The Chinese alphabet of forms is entirely hieroglyphic and symbolical in its origin, though it has long assumed a typal regularity.
From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial
A book of school life, intended not less for teachers than for the youthful maidens whose various typal forms act, love, hate, and suffer through its very natural and interesting pages.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 by Various
He addresses himself in a series of letters to the Joneses of Jonesville, each Jones addressed being a typal character and such as is of frequent occurrence in our midst.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 by Various
We must, however, give a caution to our readers: 'Kunnle Delaney Hyde' and 'Carberry Ratcliff' are true as individuals of the South, but it would not be fair to regard them as typal characters.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 by Various
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