epitaph
About 0.94 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
- noun A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person.
- verb To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
- verb To commemorate by an epitaph.
Similar words
tombstone headline epitaphy elogy epicede thanatography monument obit necrology eloge
Often followed by
on for of in to is was which upon
Word family
epitaphial epitaphic epitaphs
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