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epitaph

epitaph

18 7.8
A short message written on a tombstone to remember a dead person
  • noun
  • /ˈɛpɪˌtæf/
: 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.

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Examples

  • 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.

  • And now, unfortunately, it's his epitaph.

  • I felt it would be a good epitaph for you.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • - Who chose the epitaph? - I did.

  • - Is that what you want on your epitaph?

  • Perhaps that will be my epitaph.

  • And she has my favorite epitaph from this era on her grave.

  • That's a good epitaph for any man.

  • 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.

How Long

eulogy
62 6.8
tribute
206 4.5
inscription
10 5.0
epitaph
18 7.8
name
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

epitaph singular
epitaphs plural

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.