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epitome
[ ih-pit-uh-mee ]
noun
- 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.
Synonyms: typification, quintessence, model, exemplification, embodiment
- a condensed account, especially of a literary work; abstract.
epitome
/ ɪˈpɪtəmɪ; ˌɛpɪˈtɒmɪkəl /
noun
- a typical example of a characteristic or class; embodiment; personification
he is the epitome of sloth
- a summary of a written work; abstract
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Derived Forms
- epitomical, adjective
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Other Words From
- ep·i·tom·i·cal [ep-i-, tom, -i-k, uh, l], epi·tomic adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of epitome1
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Example Sentences
It was the epitome of Kim Kardashian, and a fitting summation of the Year of Butt.
He really is the epitome of the cliché “women want him and men want to be him.”
All in all, Bates strikes me as a good upstanding Englishman—the epitome of stiff-upper-lip resolve and restraint.
Tanny came to be known as the epitome of a Balanchine dancer, with her long legs and graceful, fluid lines.
They are the epitome of old-school rationality and refinement—or at least they were until now.
To this end they spread a distorted epitome of his favourite views, amongst their retainers.
We have given an epitome of the development of the submarine vessel up to the opening of the twentieth century.
Chaucer refers us to Aleyn's description on account of its unmerciful length; it was hopeless to attempt even an epitome of it.
Your average woman shopping is the epitome of irresolution, or so it seems to the man.
The Epitome of Gemistus Pletho, referred to above, is of great value, and held in the highest estimation by all editors.
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