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epitaphial, a. rare.|ɛpɪˈtæfɪəl|
[f. Gr. ἐπιτάϕι-ος (see epitaph) + -al1.]
Contained in sepulchral inscriptions.
1862Lowell Biglow P. Ser. ii. 96, I cannot conceive that the epitaphial assertions of heathens should be esteemed of more authority.
So epiˈtaphian a., † (a) (of a speech) delivered on the occasion of a funeral (obs.); (b) pertaining or appropriate to an epitaph.
1641Milton Animadv. Wks. (1847) 64/2 To imitate the noble Pericles in his Epitaphian speech..falls into a pittifull condolement. 1852Blackw. Mag. LXXI. 724 But now to Vincent Bourne's epitaphian conciseness.
Also epiˈtaphic, epiˈtaphical, adjs., pertaining to, or of the nature of, an epitaph. ˈepitaphist, a writer of epitaphs. ˈepitaphize v. trans., to write an epitaph upon. ˈepitaphless a.
1883St. James's Gaz. 15 Feb. 5 The death of Wagner has given occasion to some startling *epitaphic passages in the German papers.
1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 1243/2, I will here deliuer such *epitaphicall verses as I haue found touching king Edward the first.
1883Sat. Rev. LVI. 108 After some preliminary praise, the *epitaphist works himself up to a grand effort, thus.
a1843Southey Comm.-pl. Bk. Ser. ii. (1849) 210 The Conde de Salinas *epitaphized him.
1883P. Robinson Some Poets' Dogs, Cowper..epitaphises Sir John Throckmorton's pointer.
a1839Galt Demon Dest. ii. (1840) 10 The *epitaphless pyramids. |