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mementoes mori

mementoes mori is the plural of memento mori.

Meaning of memento mori

Noun

memento mori (plural memento mori or memento moris or mementos mori or mementoes mori)

  1. An emblematic object or personal ornament, such as a skull, used as a reminder of one's mortality.
    • No, Ile be ſworne: I make as good vſe of it, as many a man doth of a Deaths-Head, or a Memento Mori.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about mementoes mori

What is mementoes mori the plural of?
Mementoes mori is the plural of memento mori.

Words near mementoes mori in the dictionary

  1. memento dollar
  2. memento dollars
  3. memento mori
  4. memento moris
  5. mementoes
  6. mementoes mori
  7. mementos
  8. mementos mori
  9. memeplex
  10. memeplexes
  11. memepost

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