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epitomal

epitomal adjective: epitomic.

Adjective

epitomal (comparative more epitomal, superlative most epitomal)

  1. epitomic
    • Pee-wee Herman is a brilliant creation. He is the epitomal '50s nerd: overly fastidious and so repressed that his sexual energy keeps erupting in nervous giggles and snide, childish, quibbles. In his two-sizes-too-small gray suit and his slightly made-up face, he resembles nothing less than a...1991 August 10, Michael Bronski, “'I Know You Are, But What Am I?'”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 4, page 6

Forms of epitomal

comparativemore epitomal
superlativemost epitomal

Origin of epitomal

From epitome + -al.

Questions about epitomal

What does epitomal mean?
Epitomal means epitomic.
What part of speech is epitomal?
Epitomal is an adjective.

Words near epitomal in the dictionary

  1. epitizide
  2. epitoke
  3. epitokes
  4. epitoky
  5. epitomai
  6. epitomal
  7. epitomate
  8. epitomator
  9. epitomators
  10. epitomatory
  11. epitome

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