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Epitome
E-pit′o-me
,Noun.
pl.
Epitomes
(#)
. [L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a surface incision, also, and abridgment, fr. [GREEK] to cut into, cut short;
ἐπί
upon + τέμνειν
to cut: cf. F. épitome
. See Tome
.] 1.
A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.
[An]
epitome
of the contents of a very large book. Sydney Smith.
An
epitome
of English fashionable life. Carlyle.
Syn. – Abridgement; compendium; compend; abstract; synopsis; abbreviature. See
Abridgment
.