epitapher
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]epitapher (plural epitaphers)
- A writer of epitaphs; and epitaphist.
- 1592, Thomas Nashe, Strange News of the Intercepting Certain Letters[1]:
- By this blessed cuppe of sacke which I now holde in my hand, and drinke to the health of all Christen soules in, thou art a puissant Epitapher.
References
[edit]“epitapher”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.