memento mori
Americannoun
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(italics) remember that you must die.
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an object, as a skull, serving as a reminder of death or mortality.
noun
Usage
What does memento mori mean? Memento mori is a Latin phrase that translates to "remember you must die."A memento mori is something, historically a skull, that serves as a reminder of death and mortality.
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Etymology
Origin of memento mori
First recorded in 1585–95, memento mori is from Latin mementō morī
Example Sentences
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But even still, "Memento Mori" will undoubtedly take its place as the post-Fletch LP among the group's adherents.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2023
As a conceptual painter interested in the Vanitas and Memento Mori styles of painting, he was drawn to the subject’s aesthetic simplicity and the complicated, fraught history.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2023
A short-sleeved shirt reveals a tattoo of a large cross on his forearm bracketed by the words Tempus Fugit Memento Mori.
From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2016
I say "youngish" because Spark was 41 when Memento Mori was published in 1959.
From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2010
His favourite device was the death's-head, with the motto Memento Mori, or Spes mea Deus.
From Books and Bookmen by Lang, Andrew
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