It's the Word of the Day podcast for September 1st.
Today's word is epitome, spelled E-P-I-T-O-M-E.
Epitome is a noun.
It means a perfect example.
It's usually used in the phrase the epitome of, as in the epitome of elegance.
Here's the word used in a sentence from Marie Claire.
The image of Diana standing on a polo field in a white British Lung Foundation sweatshirt is one of the most iconic images of the late princess.
Dressed in jeans, a baseball cap, cowboy boots, and a blazer over the logo crew neck,
Princess Diana, who served as patron of the foundation, looked the epitome of 80s cool.
The word epitome first appeared in print in the early 16th century,
when it was used to mean summary.
if someone asks you to summarize a long paper you effectively cut it up mentioning only the most important ideas the etymology of epitome reflects this process it comes from the greek epitemnine meaning to cut short Your summary probably also presents all the key points of the original work,
which may explain why epitome eventually came to be used for any person or object that is a clear or good example of an abstraction,
as in the epitome of grace or the epitome of health.
With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
Thank you.