epitome
pronunciation
How to pronounce epitome in British English:
UK [ɪˈpɪtəmi]
How to pronounce epitome in American English:
US [ɪˈpɪtəmi]
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- Noun:
- a standard or typical example
- a brief abstract (as of an article or book)
Word Origin
- epitome (n.)
- 1520s, "an abstract; brief statement of the chief points of some writing," from Middle French épitomé (16c.), from Latin epitome "an abridgment," from Greek epitome "an abridgment, a cutting on the surface; brief summary," from epitemnein "cut short, abridge," from epi "into" (see epi-) + temnein "to cut" (see tome). Sense of "person or thing that typifies something" is first recorded c. 1600. Related: Epitomical.
Example
- 1. Apple is now the epitome of mainstream .
- 2. Some might see mr michnik now as the epitome of the warsaw liberal establishment .
- 3. Stanley fischer , the head of the bank of israel , is the epitome of orthodox central banking .
- 4. During the second world war austen was considered the epitome of englishness , part of the restful home front that needed protecting .
- 5. They are the epitome of in-one-ear-and-out-the-other , which was my mother 's trope for a failure to connect .