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English
Etymology
From epitaph + -ian?
Adjective
epitaphian (comparative more epitaphian, superlative most epitaphian)
- Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph.
- Synonym: epitaphial
1641, John Milton, Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, , volume I, Amsterdam ,
1698,
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page 152:
to imitate the noble Pericles in his Epitaphian Speech,