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Is epitome a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word epitome is a Scrabble US word. The word epitome is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is epitome a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word epitome is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

E1P3I1T1O1M3E1

Is epitome a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word epitome is a Words With Friends word. The word epitome is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

EPITOME,

6-letter words (2 found)

METOPE,OPTIME,

5-letter words (5 found)

EMOTE,IMPOT,TEMPI,TEMPO,TOPEE,

4-letter words (23 found)

EMIT,EMPT,ITEM,MEET,METE,MITE,MOIT,MOPE,MOTE,MOTI,OMIT,PIET,POEM,POET,POME,POTE,TEEM,TEME,TEMP,TIME,TOME,TOPE,TOPI,

3-letter words (24 found)

EME,EMO,IMP,MEE,MET,MOE,MOI,MOP,MOT,OPE,OPT,PEE,PET,PIE,PIT,POI,POM,POT,TEE,TIE,TIP,TOE,TOM,TOP,

2-letter words (18 found)

EE,EM,ET,IO,IT,ME,MI,MO,OE,OI,OM,OP,PE,PI,PO,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 74 words from epitome according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of epitome

epitome

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /əˈpɪt.ə.mi/, /ɪˈpɪt.ə.mi/

Noun

epitome (plural epitomes or epitomai)

  1. The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.
    Synonyms: exemplar, model, type; see also Thesaurus:exemplar, Thesaurus:model
  2. A representative example.
    Synonyms: quintessential, poster child; see also Thesaurus:exemplar
  3. The height; the best; the most vivid.
    Synonyms: acme, greatest
  4. A brief summary of a text.
    Synonyms: abstract, synopsis

Usage notes

The sense “the height, the best” is considered incorrect by some; instead, pinnacle may be preferred.

Antonyms

  • antithesis

Derived terms

Related terms

  • epitomator
  • epitomist
  • epitomizer

Translations

Further reading

  • epitome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “epitome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “epitome”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Italian

Noun

epitome f (plural epitomi)

  1. epitome

Latin

Alternative forms

  • epitoma

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιτομή (epitomḗ), from ἐπιτέμνω (epitémnō), from ἐπί (epí) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈpi.to.meː/, [ɛˈpɪt̪ɔmeː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈpi.to.me/, [eˈpiːt̪ome]

Noun

epitomē f (genitive epitomēs); first declension

  1. epitome, abridgement, synopsis

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Descendants

  • Catalan: epítom
  • English: epitome
  • Galician: epítome
  • Portuguese: epítome
  • Spanish: epítome

References

  • “epitome”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “epitome”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • epitome in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “epitome”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • epitome in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian epitome.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ.pɪˈtɔː.mɛ/

Noun

epitome f (plural epitomi)

  1. epitome

Related terms

Spanish

Verb

epitome

  1. inflection of epitomar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org