Meaning of epitome | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.
2. A representative example.
3. The height; the best; the most vivid.
4. A brief summary of a text.

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Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“Having now so amply declared unto thee most of the principal things of this thrice-renowned and illustrious city, I will briefly by way of an epitome mention most of the other particulars thereof, and so finally shut up this narration: there are reported to be in Venice and the circumjacent islands two hundred churches in which are one hundred forth-three pairs of organs, fifty-four monasteries, twenty-six nunneries, fifty-six tribunals or places of judgment, seventeen hospitals, six companies or fraternities, whereof I have before spoken; one hundred and sixty-five marble statues of worthy personages, partly equestrial, partly pedestrial, which are erected in sundry places of the city, to the honour of those that either at home have prudently administered the commonweal, or abroad valiantly fought for the same.”

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