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Vinony

inscription

noun

  1. text inscribed on works or objects
  2. engrave
  3. enrollment
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈskɹɪpʃən/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin inscrībō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin īnscrīptiōbor. English inscription Borrowed from Latin īnscrīptiō.

  1. The act of inscribing.

    “The inscription of the Temple of Preah Vihear on the World Heritage list shall be without prejudice to the rights of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Kingdom of Thailand on the demarcation works of the Joint Commission for Land Boundary (JBC) of the two countries;”

  2. Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.

    “He had battled like a man, and gotten a man's reward — no silver tea-pots or salvers, with flowery inscriptions setting forth his virtues and the appreciation of a genteel parish; […]”

  3. The text on a coin.

    “The coin bears an inscription in Latin.”

  4. Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.