Other forms: inscriptions
An inscription is words cut into stone or metal to last. A Latin inscription, read the inscription, the inscription is worn.
It is the most durable form of writing there is, and much of what is known about the ancient world comes from inscriptions rather than from books, because stone survives where papyrus does not. The word also covers what somebody writes inside a gift book.
1nouninscriptionWords cut into stone or metal to last.
“The inscription on the bronze plaque lists the names of the soldiers who died.”
inscription is a writing.
Latin
īnscrīptiō
English, today
inscription
Borrowed from Latin īnscrīptiō.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA