topical
adjective/ˈtɒpɪkl/
/ˈtɑːpɪkl/
- connected with something that is happening or of interest at the present time
- a topical joke/reference
- topical events
- They met to discuss matters of topical interest.
- We try and keep the advice topical.
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- (medical) connected with, or put directly on, a part of the body
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Greek topikos + -al. Early use was as a term in logic and rhetoric describing a rule or argument as ‘applicable in most but not all cases’.
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