epitaphic


ep·i·taph

E0183300 (ĕp′ĭ-tăf′)n.1. An inscription on a tombstone in memory of the one buried there.2. A brief literary piece commemorating a deceased person.
[Middle English, from Old French epitaphe, from Latin epitaphium, from Greek epitaphion, from neuter of epitaphios, funerary : epi-, epi- + taphos, tomb.]
ep′i·taph′ic adj.