EPIGONE

[ep.i.gone] n [G, fr. L epigonus successor, fr. Gk epigonos, fr. epigignesthai to be born after, fr. epi- + gignesthai to be born--more at kin] (1865): follower, disciple; also: an inferior imitator -- ep.i.gon.ic or epig.o.nous adj -- epig.o.nism n