epitaph

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  1. noun An inscription on a tombstone in memory of the one buried there.
  2. noun A brief literary piece commemorating a deceased person.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French epitaphe, from Latin epitaphium, from Greek epitaphion, from neuter of epitaphios, funerary : epi-, epi- + taphos, tomb.

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  1. from Middle English epitaphe, from Old French epitaphe, French épitaphe = Spanish epitafio = Portuguese epitaphio = Italian epitaffio, epitafio = Dutch epitaaf = German epitaph = Danish Swedish epitaf, epitafium, from Middle Latin epitaphium, Latin epitaphium or epitaphius, from Greek ἐπιτάφιος (sc. λόγος). a funeral oration, adjective over or at a tomb, from ἐπί, over at, + τάφοσ, a tomb, from θάπτειν (√ *ταφ), dispose of the dead, burn or bury. Cf. cenotaph.
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/ˈɛpɪtæf/
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