C19: from Greek epigonos one born after, from epigignesthai; see epigene
epigone in American English
(ˈɛpəˌgoʊn)
nounWord forms: pluralˈepiˌgones or eˈpigoˌni (ɛˈpɪgəˌnaɪ; iˈpɪgəˌnaɪ)
an inferior descendant, follower, or imitator
Derived forms
epigonic (ˌepiˈgonic)
adjective
Word origin
Ger sing. of epigonen < Gr (hoi) Epigonoi, lit., (the) Afterborn, epithet of the sons of the chiefs who fell in the first waragainst Thebes, pl. of epigonos, orig. adj., born after: see epi- & gono-