epitome

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.

Equivalents

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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