epitome

Epitome is defined as a person or object that is defined as a perfect example of something.

(noun)

An example of epitome is Mother Teresa, who was the perfect example of a generous person.

See epitome in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. epitomes

a short statement of the main points of a book, report, incident, etc.; abstract; summary
a person or thing that shows all the typical qualities of something

Origin: L < Gr epitomē, abridgment < epitemnein, to cut short < epi-, upon + temnein, to cut: see -tomy

See epitome in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A representative or perfect example of a class or type: “He is seen . . . as the epitome of the hawkish, right-of-center intellectual” (Paul Kennedy).
A brief summary, as of a book or article; an abstract.

Origin:

Origin: Latin epitomē, a summary

Origin: , from Greek, an abridgment

Origin: , from epitemnein, to cut short

Origin: : epi-, epi-

Origin: + temnein, to cut; see tem- in Indo-European roots

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