epitapher

English

Etymology

From epitaph +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛpɪˌtæfə(ɹ)/

Noun

epitapher (plural epitaphers)

  1. 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

“epitapher”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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