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epigonus

epigonus is the alternative form of epigone.

Meaning of epigone

Noun

epigone (plural epigones)

  1. A follower or disciple.
    • India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs.2013 May 11, “What a waste”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8835, page 12
  2. An undistinguished or inferior imitator of a well known artist or their style.
    • While Shaler remained subordinate, he followed Agassiz’s intellectual lead, often with the epigone’s habit of exaggerating his master’s voice.1991, Stephen Jay Gould, Bully for Brontosaurus, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    imitator

Forms of epigonus

pluralepigoni

Questions about epigonus

What is epigonus the alternative form of?
Epigonus is the alternative form of epigone.

Words near epigonus in the dictionary

  1. epigonism
  2. epigonisms
  3. Epigonoi
  4. epigonous
  5. epigons
  6. epigonus
  7. epigram
  8. epigrammatic
  9. epigrammatical
  10. epigrammatically
  11. epigrammatise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epigonus (page history and authors); epigone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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