epitaph
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- noun
- /ˈɛpɪˌtæf/
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epitafio
- Visitors who came to kneel and pray would have approached the epitaph from the right.
- wrote the epitaph
And so the the epitaph on my tombstone ought to read.
- And so the the epitaph on my tombstone ought to read.
- Reft in peace as a common epitaph carved into stone that no one ever sees.
- Millions of Roman tombs, from simple, steely to magnificent mausoleum, bore epitaphs recording the names and careers of their owners.
- And he wrote that the epitaph on my tomb should be here lies Barry Hearn, equally at home on the cobbles as in the boardroom.
- Could have been chocolate, could have been a dessert, Could have been an epitaph, Could have been.
- He's a top journalist, sports journalist, and he wrote that the epitaph on my tune should be here lies Barry Hearn, equally at home on the cobbles as in the boardroom.
Examples
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And he wrote that the epitaph on my tomb should be here lies Barry Hearn, equally at home on the cobbles as in the boardroom.
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And now, unfortunately, it's his epitaph.
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I felt it would be a good epitaph for you.
Fiction book (1996) -
- Who chose the epitaph? - I did.
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- Is that what you want on your epitaph?
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Perhaps that will be my epitaph.
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And she has my favorite epitaph from this era on her grave.
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That's a good epitaph for any man.
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When he did, he was afraid the epitaph would read "I Tried." Luray contacted him twice.
Fiction book (2001) -
Stuart collaborated with her family on the epitaph inscribed in gold on her headstone.
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Etymology
The word epitaph comes from the Greek parts epi- 'on' and taphos 'tomb'. So an epitaph is literally words 'on the tomb', which is why today it means a short text on a gravestone to remember a dead person.