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Traditional English :: archetype
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archetypal.html - n. 1 a an original model; a prototype. b a typical specimen. 2 (in Jungian psychology) a primitive mental image inherited from man's earliest ancestors, and supposed to be present in the collective unconscious. 3 a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, etc. archetypal adj. archetypical adj. [L archetypum f. Gk arkhetupon (as ARCH-, tupos stamp)] |
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Traditional English :: Archean
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archetypal.html - US var. of ARCHAEAN. |
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Traditional English :: archegonium
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archetypal.html - n. (pl. archegonia) Bot. the female sex organ in mosses, ferns, conifers, etc. [L, dimin. of Gk arkhegonos f. arkhe- chief + gonos race] |
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Traditional English :: archeology
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archetypal.html - US var. of ARCHAEOLOGY. |
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Traditional English :: archer
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archetypal.html - n. 1 a person who shoots with a bow and arrows. 2 (the Archer) the zodiacal sign or constellation Sagittarius. archer-fish a SE Asian fish that catches flying insects by shooting water at them from its mouth. [AF f. OF archier ult. f. L arcus bow] |
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Traditional English :: archery
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archetypal.html - n.
shooting with a bow and arrows, esp. as a sport. [OF archerie f. archier (as ARCHER, -ERY)] |
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