memento mori

memento mo·ri  (môr)

n. pl. memento mori

1. A reminder of death or mortality, especially a death's-head.

2. A reminder of human failures or errors.

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[New Latin mement mor, be mindful of dying : Latin mement, sing. imperative of meminisse, to remember + Latin mor, to die.]

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memento mori [ˈmɔːriː]

n

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an object, such as a skull, intended to remind people of the inevitability of death

[Latin: remember you must die]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

memento mori - a reminder (as a death's head) of your mortality reminder - an experience that causes you to remember something