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e·pit·o·me

 (ĭ-pĭt′ə-mē)
n.
1. A representative or perfect example of a class or type: "He is seen ... as the epitome of the hawkish, right-of-center intellectual" (Paul Kennedy).
2. A brief summary, as of a book or article; an abstract.

[Latin epitomē, a summary, from Greek, an abridgment, from epitemnein, to cut short : epi-, epi- + temnein, to cut; see tem- in Indo-European roots.]
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epitome

(ɪˈpɪtəmɪ)
n
1. a typical example of a characteristic or class; embodiment; personification: he is the epitome of sloth.
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a summary of a written work; abstract
[C16: via Latin from Greek epitomē, from epitemnein to abridge, from epi- + temnein to cut]
epitomical, ˌepiˈtomic adj
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e•pit•o•me

(ɪˈpɪt ə mi)

n.
1. a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class; embodiment: She is the epitome of kindness.
2. a condensed account, as of a literary work; abstract.
[1520–30; < Latin epitomē abridgment < Greek epitomḗ abridgment, surface incision. See epi-, -tome]
ep•i•tom•i•cal (ˌɛp ɪˈtɒm ɪ kəl) ep`i•tom′ic, adj.
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epitome

something representative as a fine example of the whole group of things to which it belongs. See also books.
See also: Representation
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.epitome - a standard or typical exampleepitome - a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"
example, model - a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example"
concentrate - a concentrated example of something; "the concentrate of contemporary despair"
imago - (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
2.epitome - a brief abstract (as of an article or book)
precis, synopsis, abstract, outline - a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
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epitome

noun personification, essence, embodiment, type, representation, norm, archetype, exemplar, typical example, quintessence Maureen was the epitome of sophistication.
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epitome

noun
A short summary or version prepared by cutting down a larger work:
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Translations
abstraktitiivistelmä
belichamingexcerptpersonificatiesamenvattingsynopsis

epitome

[ɪˈpɪtəmɪ] Nrepresentación f, paradigma m
to be the epitome of virtueser la virtud en persona or personificada
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epitome

[ɪˈpɪtəmi] n
the epitome of → la quintessence de
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epitome

n
(of virtue, wisdom etc)Inbegriff m (→ of +gen, → an +dat)
(rare, of book) → Epitome f (spec)
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epitome

[ɪˈpɪtəmɪ] n (frm) the epitome of kindnessla personificazione della gentilezza
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References in classic literature ?
Fragment #1 -- Photius, Epitome of the Chrestomathy of Proclus: The Epic Cycle begins with the fabled union of Heaven and Earth, by which they make three hundred-handed sons and three Cyclopes to be born to him.
In the first part the greatest freedom has been used in reducing the narration into a narrow compass, so that it is by no means a translation but an epitome, in which, whether everything either useful or entertaining be comprised, the compiler is least qualified to determine.
--The pliant, persuasive body, the dancer, whose symbol and epitome is the self-enjoying soul.
Browning's chosen subject-matter: "Every man is for him an epitome of the universe, a centre of creation." It is always the particular soul, and the particular act or episode, as the flower of the particular soul--the act or episode by which its quality comes to the test--in which he interests us.
"A long time dead" was his epitome of that phase of speculation.
"It is an epitome, ma'am," said I, seeing my chance, "of your whole life," and with that I put her into my elbow-chair.
In one miscellaneous section he came upon a "Norrie's Epitome." He turned the pages reverently.
That, now, is what old Bowditch in his Epitome calls the zodiac, and what my almanack below calls ditto.
They possessed all the gravity of the latter, without any of their phlegm; and like them, the “High Dutchers” were industrious, honest, and economical, Fritz, or Frederick Hartmann, was an epitome of all the vices and virtues, foibles and excellences, of his race.
Yes, I said; his life is motley and manifold and an epitome of the lives of many;--he answers to the State which we described as fair and spangled.
It is as if a fragment of England floated forward to greet the foreigner--chalk of our chalk, turf of our turf, epitome of what will follow.
Harthouse professed himself in the highest degree instructed and refreshed, by this condensed epitome of the whole Coketown question.