[ep.i.gram] n [ME epigrame, fr. L epigrammat-, epigramma, fr. Gk, fr. epigraphein to write on, inscribe, fr. epi- + graphein to write--more at carve] (15c) 1: a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
2: a terse, sage, or witty and often paradoxical saying
3: epigrammatic expression -- ep.i.gram.ma.tism n -- ep.i.gram.ma.tist n