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epitaph

Noun

IPA /ˈepɪtɑːf/

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Words written in memory of someone who has died, especially on a gravestone.

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epitaph/ˈepɪtɑːf/

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A short inscription remembers a life
It is placed on a gravestone

An epitaph consists of words in memory of someone who has died.

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We stopped to read the short epitaph beneath her name.
The literature class discussed the imagery in the poet's epitaph.

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epitaph — Words written in memory of someone who has died, especially on a gravestone.

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Words written in memory of someone who has died, especially on a gravestone.

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Word origin

Ultimately from Greek epitaphion, from epi, upon, and taphos, tomb.

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An epitaph can be brief: its purpose is to remember the person named.

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