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memento mori — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • memento mori noun An object or image kept as a reminder that death comes to everyone, such as a skull, an hourglass or a wilting flower in a painting.

Senses

memento mori is used for these senses in English:

  • memento mori An emblematic object or personal ornament, such as a skull, used as a reminder of one's mortality.

memento mori — full definition

  1. noun An object or image kept as a reminder that death comes to everyone, such as a skull, an hourglass or a wilting flower in a painting.
  2. noun Any reminder, event or saying that brings home the shortness of life.

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