EPIGRAPH


Meaning of EPIGRAPH in English

/ep"i graf', -grahf'/ , n.

1. an inscription, esp. on a building, statue, or the like.

2. an apposite quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc.

[ 1615-25; epigraphé inscription. See EPI-, -GRAPH ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .