How to pronounce epitaph

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What epitaph means

noun

A short message carved on a grave marker

In a sentence: The old stone's epitaph said she loved her garden and her dogs.

Where it comes from: It comes through Latin from a Greek word meaning "at a funeral," made from parts meaning "over" and "tomb."

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