Epitome — Defs

01 n. A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abrid…

pl. Epitomes ((#))

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.
2.
A compact or condensed representation of anything; something possessing conspicuously or to a high degree the qualities of a class.
“An epitome of English fashionable life.” — Carlyle.

“A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome.” — Dryden.