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epitaphic

epitaphic adjective: pertaining to an epitaph.

Adjective

epitaphic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to an epitaph.

Noun

epitaphic (plural epitaphics)

  1. (rare) An epitaph.
    • An epitaphic is the writinge that is sette on deade mennes toumbes or graues in memory or commendacion of the parties there buried.1548, Nicholas Udal, The first tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the newe testamente
    • There lyeth buryed in the Body of the Paroche Churche of Thormerton one Petrine De la Ryvers with a Frenche Epitaphic .1769, John Leland, The Itinerary, page 100

Forms of epitaphic

pluralepitaphics

Origin of epitaphic

From epitaph + -ic.

Questions about epitaphic

What does epitaphic mean?
Epitaphic means pertaining to an epitaph.
What part of speech is epitaphic?
Epitaphic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near epitaphic in the dictionary

  1. epitaphed
  2. epitapher
  3. epitaphers
  4. epitaphial
  5. epitaphian
  6. epitaphic
  7. epitaphical
  8. epitaphically
  9. epitaphics
  10. epitaphing
  11. epitaphion

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