inscription

in-scrip-tion · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Words or text carved, engraved, or written on something, especially a monument, coin, or building.

  2. 2.

    A handwritten dedication in a book or on a photograph.

  3. 3.

    The action of inscribing something.

Forms

plural: inscriptions

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    carved in stone — an inscription made permanent and unchangeable
  • •
    memorial inscription — text honoring the dead

Related words

See also: engraving, epitaph, inscribe
Synonyms: dedication, engraving, epigraph

Etymology

From Latin inscriptio ("a writing upon"), from inscribere ("to write on, inscribe"), from in- ("on, upon") + scribere ("to write"). Entered English in the 14th century.