epitome

Meaning

Noun

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

Related

Opposite words

• antithesis

Origin

• From Middle French, from Latin epitomē, from Ancient Greek ἐπιτομή ("an abridgment, also a surface-incision"), from ἐπιτέμνω, from ἐπί + τέμνω.