Epitome
Pronunciation : E*pit"o*me
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L., fr. Gr. ?pitome. See Tome.]
Definition : 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. An epitome of English fashionable life. Carlyle. A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Dryden.
Syn. -- Abridgement; compendium; compend; abstract; synopsis; abbreviature. See Abridgment.
pl. Epitomes.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913