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noun an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
noun a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person
originFrom Old French epitafe, from Late Latin epitaphium (“eulogy”), from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios, “relating to a funeral”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + τάφος (táphos, “tomb”). By surface analysis epi- + -taph.
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