8 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
noun a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing
noun an engraved inscription
originFrom Ancient Greek ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ, “inscription”), from ἐπιγράφω (epigráphō, “write upon”), from ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, “on, upon, over, etc.”) + γρᾰ́φω (grắphō, “to draw, paint, write, etc.”).
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