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mementos mori

mementos 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 mementos mori

What is mementos mori the plural of?
Mementos mori is the plural of memento mori.

Words near mementos mori in the dictionary

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

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