epitaphian

English

Etymology

From epitaph +‎ -ian?

Adjective

epitaphian (comparative more epitaphian, superlative most epitaphian)

1. 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 [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 152:

     to imitate the noble Pericles in his Epitaphian Speech,