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Epitome

Epitome Definition And Meaning
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 \Epit"ome\, 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}.

Epitome Definition And Meaning

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

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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