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epitome

noun
/əˈpɪt.ə.mi/UK/ˈɛ.pɪ.ʈə.mi/

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin epitomē, from Ancient Greek ἐπιτομή (epitomḗ, “an abridgment, also a surface-incision”), from ἐπιτέμνω (epitémnō, “to cut upon the surface, cut short, abridge”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).

  1. derived from ἐπιτομή
  2. derived from epitomē

Definitions

  1. The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.

    • This is a poore Epitome of yours, / Which by th'interpretation of full time, / May ſhew like all your ſelfe.

  2. A representative example.

    • The minute they see me, fear me / I'm the epitome of "public enemy"

  3. The height

    The height; the best; the most vivid.

    • He looks the very epitome of fright: I do not think he could eat one of those apples, if it were given him.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A brief summary of a text.

The neighborhood

Derived

epitomal, epitomic, epitomical, epitomist, epitomistic, epitomize, epitomous

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at epitome. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at epitome. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at epitome

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA