memento mori

[ muh-men-toh mawr-ahy, mohr-ahy, mawr-ee, mohr-ee; for 1 also Latin me-men-toh moh-ree ]
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noun,plural memento mori for 2.
  1. (italics)Latin. remember that you must die.

  2. an object, as a skull, serving as a reminder of death or mortality.

Origin of memento mori

1
First recorded in 1585–95, memento mori is from Latin mementō morī

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memento mori

/ (ˈmɔːriː) /


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

Origin of memento mori

1
C16: Latin: remember you must die

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