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Epitome - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Epitome : (noun)
1: a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good
breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the
good father" [syn: prototype, paradigm, image]
2: a brief abstract (as of an article or book)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Epitome : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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