EPIGRAM


Meaning of EPIGRAM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈe-pə-ˌgram ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English epigrame, from Latin epigrammat-, epigramma, from Greek, from epigraphein to write on, inscribe, from epi- + graphein to write — more at carve

Date: 15th century

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 ˌe-pə-ˈgra-mə-ˌti-zəm noun

• ep·i·gram·ma·tist -ˈgra-mə-tist noun

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