epitaph
noun
a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.
epitaphs
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pluralof epitaph.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There’s an abundance of small slabs, simple epitaphs like Our Baby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
The epitaphs have been quick in coming; Maureen Dowd's recent column in the New York times may serve as representative of the conventional wisdom.
From Salon ● May 20, 2023
Social media erupted with epitaphs to the tiny cub.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2023
Recipe epitaphs actually make a lot of sense, Rhoads said, given the tie between food and death.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2022
It was impossible, of course, to ignore the crosses, and each morning Jerry G. and Horsethief Shorty, occasionally aided by Bernabe Montoya and the state cops, had to uproot a dozen epitaphs.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
