Associations to the word «Prototypical»

Wiktionary

PROTOTYPICAL, adjective. Constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on, or derived from

Dictionary definition

PROTOTYPICAL, adjective. Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned; "archetypal patterns"; "she was the prototypal student activist".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.