Meaning

adjective exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category

adjective of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; - Curtis Wilkie

adjective conforming to a type

originFrom Late Latin typicalis, from Latin typicus (“typical”), from Ancient Greek τυπικός (tupikós, “of or pertaining to a type, conformable, typical”), from τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), equivalent to typic + -al and type + -ical.

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