'Epitome' definitions:
Definition of 'epitome'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Epitome'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- [An] epitome of the contents of a very large book. --Sydney Smith. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A compact or condensed representation of anything; something possessing conspicuously or to a high degree the qualities of a class. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- An epitome of English fashionable life. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'epitome'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviation,
- abbreviature,
- abrege,
- abridgement,
- abridgment,
- abstract,
- antetype,
- antitype,
- apocope,
- archetype,
- biotype,
- breviary,
- brief,
- capsule,
- classic example,
- compend,
- compendium,
- compression,
- condensation,
- condensed version,
- conspectus,
- contraction,
- criterion,
- curtailment,
- digest,
- draft,
- elision,
- ellipsis,
- embodiment,
- essence,
- exemplar,
- foreshortening,
- fugleman,
- fugler,
- genotype,
- head,
- imitatee,
- last word,
- lead,
- mirror,
- model,
- original,
- outline,
- overview,
- pandect,
- paradigm,
- pattern,
- personification,
- precedent,
- precis,
- prototype,
- quintessence,
- recap,
- recapitulation,
- reduction,
- representative,
- resume,
- retrenchment,
- review,
- rubric,
- rule,
- shortened version,
- shortening,
- skeleton,
- sketch,
- standard,
- sum,
- summary,
- summation,
- summing-up,
- survey,
- syllabus,
- syncope,
- synopsis,
- telescoping,
- thumbnail sketch,
- topical outline,
- truncation,
- type,
- type species,
- type specimen,
- typical example,
- ultimate,
- urtext