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e·pit·o·me    Audio Help   [i-pit-uh-mee] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class: He is the epitome of goodness.
2.a condensed account, esp. of a literary work; abstract.
[Origin: 1520–30; < L epitomé abridgment < Gk epitom abridgment, surface incision. See epi-, -tome]

—Related forms
ep·i·tom·i·cal    Audio Help   [ep-i-tom-i-kuhl] Pronunciation Key, ep·i·tom·ic, adjective

—Synonyms 1. embodiment, exemplification, model, typification, quintessence.
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e·pit·o·me    Audio Help   (ĭ-pĭt'ə-mē)  Pronunciation Key 
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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
epitome 
1529, "an abstract; brief statement of the chief points of some writing," from M.Fr., from L., from Gk. epitome "abridgment," from epitemnein "cut short, abridge," from epi- "into" + temnein "to cut." Sense of "person or thing that typifies something" is first recorded 1607.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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] 
2. a brief abstract (as of an article or book) 

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