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epigram

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Main Entry: ep·i·gram
Pronunciation: \ˈe-pə-ˌgram\
Function: 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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