EPIGRAM


Meaning of EPIGRAM in English

n. 1 a short poem with a witty ending. 2 a pointed saying. 3 a pointed mode of expression. epigrammatic adj. epigrammatically adv. epigrammatist n. epigrammatize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise).

[ F épigramme or L epigramma f. Gk epigramma -atos (as EPI-, -GRAM) ]

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