Definitions for epitaph

epitaph ep·i·taph

Spelling: [ep-i-taf, -tahf]
IPA: /ˈɛp ɪˌtæf, -ˌtɑf/

Epitaph is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in epitaph (aehippt).

Definitions for epitaph

noun

  1. a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.
  2. a brief poem or other writing in praise of a deceased person.

verb (used with object)

  1. to commemorate in or with an epitaph.

Origin of epitaph

1350-1400; Middle English epitaphe Latin epitaphium Greek epitáphion over or at a tomb, equivalent to epi- epi- + táph(os) tomb + -ion noun, adj. suffix

Examples for epitaph

But, now, the memory of it has been awakened within me by you, and I have read you its epitaph.

So he entitled one of his earlier books, thus already authoring his own epitaph.

The most beautiful thing he has done—to my mind—is his epitaph.

I would have for my epitaph your smile and the whimsical irony of your comment.

The world has long since written the word "Failure" as an epitaph for Robert Owen.

He was also asked to write an epitaph on John Frederick Roorbach.

There his epitaph may be read in fine bold lettering, still distinct.

He closes the letter by saying, "There's a poem for you; it is rather too long for an epitaph."

He was buried at Dublin, with an epitaph recording his cowardice.

When he ended Vieux Carré with the stage direction, “The house is empty now,” Lahr somberly terms it “an augury and an epitaph.”

Word Value for epitaph
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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