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epitaph Noun 1. a commemorative inscription on a tombstone 2. a commemorative speech or written passage [Greek epi upon + taphos tomb] epitaph 1. an inscription on a monument, as on a gravestone. See also: Death
2. a short piece of prose or verse written in honor of a dead person. — epitaphial, epitaphian, epitaphic, adj. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
epitaph 2. inscription, engraving Translationsepitaph [ˈɛpɪtɑːf] n → epitaffio epitaph n epitaph [ˈepitaːf] something written or said about a dead person, especially something written on a tombstone. grafskrif, grafrede كِتابَه على ضَريح надгробен надпис epitaf gravskrift die Grabschrift επιτάφιος, επιτύμβια επιγραφή epitafio hauakiri نوشتۀ روی سنگ قبر hautakirjoitus épitaphe כְּתוֹבֶת עַל מָצֵבָה समाधि-लेख epitaf, nadgrobni natpis sírfelirat tulisan nisan grafskrift; eftirmæli epitaffio 墓碑銘 비문, 묘비명 epitafija epitāfija, kapa uzraksts tulisan di dibatu nisan grafschrift gravskrift, epitaf epitafium epitáfio epitaf эпитафия epitaf nagrobni napis epitaf gravskrift, epitafium คำจารึกบนหลุมฝังศพ kitabe 墓誌銘 епітафія; напис на надгробному пам'ятнику کسی فوت شدہ آدمی کی یاد میں لکھی جانے والی تحریر văn bia 墓志铭 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Story Girl had brought flowers for her mother's grave as usual, and while she arranged them on it the rest of us read for the hundredth time the epitaph on Great-Grandfather King's tombstone, which had been composed by Great-Grandmother King. Trefusis objected that the epitaph was untrue, and said that he did not see why tombstones should be privileged to publish false statements. And this was the epitaph of a dead dog on the Northland trail--less scant than the epitaph of many another dog, of many a man. |
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