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A.Word.A.Day--epigraph

epigraph (EP-i-graf) noun

1. An inscription, as on a statue or building.

2. A motto or quotation, as at the beginning of a literary composition, setting forth a theme.

[Greek epigraphe, from epigraphein, to write on.]

"The collection's epigraph is a remark by Alexander Calder, the 20th-century sculptor famous for inventing the mobile." David Herd, Going down but not under, Independent on Sunday, 6 Oct 1996.

This week's theme: words about words.

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