prototorp

PRO to torp
the first idea we have of how something is going to be, and
how perfect (or awful, etc.) that idea is in our minds (no
matter how different this idea is from the imminent
reality) —prototorpik, adj
Geof Huth
Origin: < proto- + the reversal of proto-
5/21/1987

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