epigone
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- 10
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- 13
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Definition of epigone
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A follower or disciple.
“India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs.”
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noun
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A follower or disciple.
“India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs.”
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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.”
“In another twist to the myth, his Head of Department, the ageless and loathsome Vermishank, was not a plodding epigone but an exceptional bio-thaumaturge.”
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Etymology
From French épigone, from Latin epigonus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίγονος (epígonos, “offspring, descendant”), from ἐπιγίγνομαι (epigígnomai, “to come after”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”), from γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to become”).
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