Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

epigraph

Pronunciation: /ˈɛpɪgrɑːf/

Definition of epigraph

noun

  • 1an inscription on a building, statue, or coin.
  • 2a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme.

Origin:

late 16th century (denoting the heading of a document or letter): from Greek epigraphē, from epigraphein 'write on'

epigraph in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of epigraph in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

Word of the day

leporine

/ ˈlɛpərʌɪn /
adjective
of or resembling a hare or hares …