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MEMENTO MORI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does memento mori mean?
• MEMENTO MORI (noun)
The noun MEMENTO MORI has 1 sense:
1. a reminder (as a death's head) of your mortality
Familiarity information: MEMENTO MORI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reminder (as a death's head) of your mortality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("memento mori" is a kind of...):
reminder (an experience that causes you to remember something)
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