EPIGRAPH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epigraph mean? 

• EPIGRAPH (noun)
  The noun EPIGRAPH has 2 senses:

1. a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing

2. an engraved inscription

  Familiarity information: EPIGRAPH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPIGRAPH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("epigraph" is a kind of...):

citation; quotation; quote (a passage or expression that is quoted or cited)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An engraved inscription

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("epigraph" is a kind of...):

inscription; lettering (letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something)