About The Word Epitome

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Epitome

Epitome Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Epitome?
[n] a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"
[n] a brief abstract (as of an article or book) Synonyms | Synonyms for Epitome: image | paradigm | prototype Related Terms | Find terms related to Epitome: abbreviation | abbreviature | abrege | abridgement | abridgment | abstract | antetype | antitype | apocope | archetype | biotype | breviary | brief | capsule | classic example | compend | compendium | compression | condensation | condensed version | conspectus | contraction | criterion | curtailment | digest | draft | elision | ellipsis | embodiment | essence | exemplar | foreshortening | fugleman | fugler | genotype | head | imitatee | last word | lead | mirror | model | original | outline | overview | pandect | paradigm | pattern | personification | precedent | precis | prototype | quintessence | recap | recapitulation | reduction | representative | resume | retrenchment | review | rubric | rule | shortened version | shortening | skeleton | sketch | standard | sum | summary | summation | summing-up | survey | syllabus | syncope | synopsis | telescoping | thumbnail sketch | topical outline | truncation | type | type species | type specimen | typical example | ultimate | urtext See Also | abstract | concentrate | example | imago | model | outline | precis | synopsis Epitome In Webster's Dictionary \E*pit"o*me\, n.; pl. {Epitomes}. [L., fr. Gr. ? a
surface incision, also, and abridgment, fr. ? to cut into,
cut short; 'epi` upon + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. ['e]pitome.
See {Tome}.]
1. A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced
within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a
brief summary; an abridgement.
[An] epitome of the contents of a very large book.
--Sydney
Smith.
2. A compact or condensed representation of anything.
An epitome of English fashionable life. --Carlyle.
A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but
all mankind's epitome. --Dryden.
Syn: Abridgement; compendium; compend; abstract; synopsis;
abbreviature. See {Abridgment}.
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