antitypous

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adjective

resistant to blows; hard

OriginAncient Greek τύπος →
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Meanings

adjectiveantitypous (comparative more antitypous, superlative most antitypous)

comparative more antitypous · superlative most antitypous

  1. obsoleteresistant to blows; hard

    Essentially antitypous ; one magnitude joined to another always standing without it , and making the whole so much bigger

    1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτύπος“a blow”
  2. Englishantitypous

From anti- + Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “a blow”) + -ous.

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antitypous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitypous

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Chicago

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