| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb ectypally.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (ectypally) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective ectypal.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ECTYPAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1743. (references) |
| Etymology:Ectypal \Ec"ty*pal\, adjective. [Latin expression ectypus worked in high relief, Greek; out stamp, figure. See Type.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ECTYPAL
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Taken from the original.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] Copied, as contrasted with an archetypal original. Has a specialised sense when used by the philosopher George Berkeley. What would you have! do I not acknowledge a twofold state of things, the one ectypal or natural, the other archetypal and eternal? The former was created in time; the latter existed from everlasting in the mind of God. — The Works of George Berkeley, edited by Luce & Jessop, Volume 2, p254. (references) | ||
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