epitaphialadj.
/ɛpɪˈtafɪəl/ rare.
Contained in sepulchral inscriptions.
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1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. 96 I cannot conceive that the epitaphial assertions of heathens should be esteemed of more authority.
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epiˈtaphian adj. †(a) (of a speech) delivered on the occasion of a funeral (obsolete); (b) pertaining or appropriate to an epitaph.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > [adjective] > funeral oration
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1641 J. Milton Animadversions 32 To imitate the noble Pericles in his Epitaphian speech..falls into a pittifull condolement.
1852 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 71 724 But now to Vincent Bourne's epitaphian conciseness.
epiˈtaphic adj.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > [adjective] > epitaph
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1883 St. James's Gaz. 15 Feb. 5 The death of Wagner has given occasion to some startling epitaphic passages in the German papers.
epiˈtaphical adj. pertaining to, or of the nature of, an epitaph.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > [adjective] > epitaph
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1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1243/2 I will here deliuer such epitaphicall verses as I haue found touching king Edward the first.
ˈepitaphist n. a writer of epitaphs.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > writer of epitaphs
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the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > [noun] > epitaph > writer of
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1883 Sat. Rev. 56 108 After some preliminary praise, the epitaphist works himself up to a grand effort, thus.
ˈepitaphize v. (transitive) to write an epitaph upon.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > inscribe upon monument [verb (transitive)] > write epitaph upon
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > express in written work or write about > write epitaph on
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a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 210/2 The Conde de Salinas epitaphized him.
1885 P. Robinson The Poets' Beasts xiii. 323 Cowper..epitaphises [Sir John Throckmorton's] pointer.
ˈepitaphless adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [adjective] > without a memorial
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a1839 J. Galt Demon of Destiny (1840) ii. 10 The epitaphless pyramids.
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