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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope