epitome

Significado (Inglés)

  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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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/əˈpɪt.ə.mi/
Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle French, from Latin epitomē, from Ancient Greek ἐπιτομή (epitomḗ, “an abridgment, also a surface-incision”), from ἐπιτέμνω (epitémnō, “I cut upon the surface, cut short, abridge”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).

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