inscription
https://gyazo.com/dafae858b4eee7bf169749741b6f2328
source: By Unknown - Marie-Lan Nguyen (User:Jastrow), 2006, Public Domain
noun
words inscribed, as on a monument or in a book:
«…に刻まれた» 銘, 碑文;【本の扉などに】書かれた言葉 «on»
e.g. the inscription on her headstone.
the action of inscribing something:
刻印, 銘刻; 記入, 登録.
e.g. the inscription of memorable utterances on durable materials.
DERIVATIVES
inscriptional |inzˈkripSHənl, inˈskripSHənl, inzˈkripSHnəl, inˈskripSHnəl| adjective
inscriptive |-ˈskriptiv| adjective
ORIGIN
late Middle English (denoting a short descriptive or dedicatory passage at the beginning of a book): from Latin inscriptio(n-), from the verb inscribere (see inscribe).