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单词 memento mori
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memento mori

[ muh-men-toh -mawr-ahy, mohr-ahy, mawr-ee, mohr-ee; for 1 also Latin me-men-toh -moh-ree ]
/ məˈmɛn toʊ ˈmɔr aɪ, ˈmoʊr aɪ, ˈmɔr i, ˈmoʊr i; for 1 also Latin mɛˈmɛn toʊ ˈmoʊ ri /
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noun, plural memento mori for 2.

(italics)Latin. remember that you must die.
an object, as a skull, serving as a reminder of death or mortality.

Origin of memento mori

First recorded in 1585–95, memento mori is from Latin mementō morī

Words nearby memento mori

membrum, meme, me-media, Memel, memento, memento mori, Memling, Memnon, Memnonia, memo, memoir
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British Dictionary definitions for memento mori

memento mori
/ (ˈmɔːriː) /

noun

an object, such as a skull, intended to remind people of the inevitability of death

Word Origin for memento mori

C16: Latin: remember you must die
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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