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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ep•i•taph /ˈɛpɪˌtæf/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- words carved on a tomb or monument in memory of the person buried there.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ep•i•taph (ep′i taf′, -täf′),USA pronunciation n. - a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.
- Literaturea brief poem or other writing in praise of a deceased person.
v.t. - to commemorate in or with an epitaph.
- Greek epitáphion over or at a tomb, equivalent. to epi- epi- + táph(os) tomb + -ion noun, nominal, adjective, adjectival suffix
- Latin epitaphium
- 1350–1400; Middle English epitaphe
ep′i•taph′ic (ep′i taf′ik),USA pronunciation adj. ep′i•taph′ist, n. ep′i•taph′less, adj. |