epitaphnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈep.ɪ.tɑːf/us/ˈep.ə.tæf/a short piece of writing or a poem about a dead person, especially one written on their gravestone
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Literature
- alliteration
- antihero
- arch-villain
- baddy
- ballad
- bard
- dramatist
- epigram
- hero
- heroine
- iambic
- ingénue
- limerick
- poetry
- prose poem
- prosody
- psalm
- quatrain
- stylistics
- tragicomedy
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Remembering people who have died
Gravestones and monuments
Idiom(s)
be your epitaph