/ep"i gram'/ , n.
1. any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.
2. epigrammatic expression: Oscar Wilde had a genius for epigram.
3. a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a witty or ingenious turn of thought.
[ 1400-50; late ME epigramma epígramma inscription, epigram. See EPI-, -GRAM 1 ]
Syn. 1. witticism, quip, bon mot.