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1. (n.) epitaph
a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.
2. epitaph
a brief composition in commemoration or praise of a deceased person.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L epitaphium < Gk epitáphion, n. use of neut. of
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) epitaph
an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
2. (noun) epitaph
a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) epitaph
an inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription
2. (noun) epitaph
a brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."
3. (verb) epitaph
to commemorate by an epitaph
4. (verb) epitaph
to write or speak after the manner of an epitaph
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. epitaph
an inscription placed on a tombstone in commemoration of the dead interred below. The natural feeling which prompts such inscriptions has manifested itself among all civilised peoples, and not a little of a nation's character may be read in them. The Greeks reserved epitaphs for their heroes, but amongst the Romans grew up the modern custom of marking the tombs of relatives with some simple inscription, many of their sepulchres being placed on the side of the public roads, a circumstance which explains the phrase, Siste, viator—Stay, traveller—found in old graveyards.
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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epitaph
1. Postponed compliments.
2. Postmortem bull-con.
3. Qualifying for the Ananias Club.
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Sense: something written or said about a dead person, especially something written on a tombstone.
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 Afrikaans: grafskrif, grafrede |
 Arabic: كِتابَه على ضَريح |
 Bulgarian: надгробен надпис |
 Brazilian: epitáfio |
 Czech: epitaf |
 German: die Grabschrift |
 Danish: gravskrift |
 Greek: επιτάφιος, επιτύμβια επιγ |
 Spanish: epitafio |
 Estonian: hauakiri |
 Farsi: نوشتۀ روی سنگ قبر |
 Finnish: hautakirjoitus |
 French: épitaphe |
 Hebrew: כְּתוֹבֶת עַל מָצֵבָה |
 Hindi: समाधि-लेख |
 Croatian: epitaf, nadgrobni natpis |
 Hungarian: sírfelirat |
 Indonesian: tulisan nisan |
 Icelandic: grafskrift; eftirmæli |
 Italian: epitaffio |
 Japanese: 墓碑銘 |
 Korean: 묘비명 |
 Lithuanian: epitafija |
 Latvian: epitāfija, kapa uzraksts |
 Malay: tulisan di dibatu nisan |
 Dutch: grafschrift |
 Norwegian: gravskrift, epitaf |
 Polish: epitafium |
 Persian: نوشتۀ روی سنگ قبر |
 Pashto: كتيبه، ډبرليك، ليك لرونكي |
 Portuguese: epitáfio |
 Romanian: epitaf |
 Russian: эпитафия |
 Slovak: epitaf |
 Slovenian: nagrobni napis |
 Serbian: epitaf |
 Swedish: gravskrift, epitafium |
 Thai: คำจารึกบนหลุมฝังศพ |
 Turkish: kitabe |
 Taiwanese: 墓誌銘 |
 Ukrainian: епітафія; напис на надгро |
 Urdu: کسی فوت شدہ آدمی کی یاد م |
 Vietnamese: văn bia |
 Chinese: 墓志铭 |
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