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   epitaph

   /ˈɛpɪtɑːf/

   noun

   • 1. a phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone.
   • ▪ something by which a person, time, or event will be remembered: "the story makes a sorry epitaph to a great career"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French epitaphe, via Latin from Greek epitaphion ‘funeral oration’, neuter of ephitaphios ‘over or at a tomb’, from epi ‘upon’ + taphos ‘tomb’.

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