Epitome

Quick meaning: Epitome is a noun meaning The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.

Meaning

The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.

More Meanings

1. A representative example.
2. The height; the best; the most vivid.
3. A brief summary of a text.

Example Sentences

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

He looks the very epitome of fright: I do not think he could eat one of those apples, if it were given him.

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

But first I took up Ayesha's kirtle and the gauzy scarf with which she had been wont to hide her dazzling loveliness from the eyes of men, and, averting my head so that I might not look upon it, covered up that dreadful relic of the glorious dead, that shocking epitome of human beauty and human life.

Word Forms

• epitomes
• epitomai

Synonyms for epitome

Depending on context, synonyms include exemplar, model, type, archetype, byspel, case.

Antonyms for epitome

Common opposites include antithesis.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include paradigm, prototype, image, example, archetype, quintessence.

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