Associations to the word «Epitome»

Wiktionary

EPITOME, noun. (of a class of items) The embodiment or encapsulation of.
EPITOME, noun. (of a class of items) A representative example.
EPITOME, noun. (of a class of items) The height; the best.
EPITOME, noun. (of a written document) A brief summary.

Dictionary definition

EPITOME, noun. A standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father".
EPITOME, noun. A brief abstract (as of an article or book).

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin