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epitome(dictionary)

epitome (iou)



epitome noun. Also (non-standard) epitomy. E16.
[Latin from Greek epitome, from epitemnein cut into, cut short, formed as EPI- + temnein to cut.]
A summary or abstract of a written work; a condensed account. E16.
L. Hutchinson To number his virtues is to give an epitome of his life. Daily Telegraph Apply..with an epitome of past commercial and engineering experience.
A thing that represents another in miniature; a person who or thing which embodies a quality etc.; a typical example. E16.
W. Holtby Local government was an epitome of national government. J. Fowles She was an epitome of all the most crassly arrogant traits of the..British Empire.
Phrases: in epitome in miniature; in a summary.
epi'tomic adjective of the nature of an epitome M17.
epi'tomical adjective = epitomic E17.
epitomist noun the writer of an epitome E17.