ectypal
/ɛkˈtaɪpəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Copied, as contrasted with an archetypal original.
adj
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English ectype Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English ectypal From ectype + -al.