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epitaph

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ep·i·taph  (p-tf)
n.
1. An inscription on a tombstone in memory of the one buried there.
2. A brief literary piece commemorating a deceased person.

[Middle English, from Old French epitaphe, from Latin epitaphium, from Greek epitaphion, from neuter of epitaphios, funerary : epi-, epi- + taphos, tomb.]

epi·taphic adj.

epitaph [ˈɛpɪˌtɑːf -ˌtæf]
n
1. a commemorative inscription on a tombstone or monument
2. a speech or written passage composed in commemoration of a dead person
3. a final judgment on a person or thing
[via Latin from Greek epitaphion, from epitaphios over a tomb, from epi- + taphos tomb]
epitaphic  [ˌɛpɪˈtæfɪk] adj
epitaphist  n

epitaph
1. an inscription on a monument, as on a gravestone.
2. a short piece of prose or verse written in honor of a dead person. — epitaphial, epitaphian, epitaphic, adj.
See also: Death
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.epitaphepitaph - an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
inscription, lettering - letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
2.epitaph - a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person
memorial, remembrance, commemoration - a recognition of meritorious service

epitaph
noun commemoration, inscription, elegy, engraving, obituary His words are carved as his epitaph on the headstone of his grave.
Translations
epitaph [ˈepɪtɑːf] Nepitafio m

epitaph [ˈɛpɪtɑːf] népitaphe f

epitaph
nEpitaph nt; (on grave also) → Grabinschrift f

epitaph [ˈɛpɪtɑːf] nepitaffio
epitaph [ˈɛpɪtɑːf] nepitaffio

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 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


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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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