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epitome [ɪˈpɪtəmɪ] n 1. a typical example of a characteristic or class; embodiment; personification he is the epitome of sloth 2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a summary of a written work; abstract [via Latin from Greek epitomē, from epitemnein to abridge, from epi- + temnein to cut] epitomical [ˌɛpɪˈtɒmɪkəl], epitomic adj epitome something representative as a fine example of the whole group of things to which it belongs. See also books. See also: Representation
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epitome noun personification, essence, embodiment, type, representation, norm, archetype, exemplar, typical example, quintessence Maureen was the epitome of sophistication. Translations epitome [ɪˈpɪtəmɪ] N → representación f, paradigma m to be the epitome of virtue → ser la virtud en persona or personificada epitome [ɪˈpɪtəmɪ] n (frm) the epitome of kindness → la personificazione della gentilezza epitome [ɪˈpɪtəmɪ] n (frm) the epitome of kindness → la personificazione della gentilezza How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Fragment #1 -- Photius, Epitome of the Chrestomathy of Proclus: The Epic Cycle begins with the fabled union of Heaven and Earth, by which they make three hundred-handed sons and three Cyclopes to be born to him. In the first part the greatest freedom has been used in reducing the narration into a narrow compass, so that it is by no means a translation but an epitome, in which, whether everything either useful or entertaining be comprised, the compiler is least qualified to determine. Browning's chosen subject-matter: "Every man is for him an epitome of the universe, a centre of creation. |
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