epigrammatic

ep·i·gram·mat·ic

adjective \ˌe-pə-grə-ˈma-tik\

Definition of EPIGRAMMATIC

1

: of, relating to, or resembling an epigram

2

: marked by or given to the use of epigrams

— ep·i·gram·mat·i·cal·ly \-ˈma-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Examples of EPIGRAMMATIC

1. <Oscar Wilde's epigrammatic observation, “In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience”.>

First Known Use of EPIGRAMMATIC

1694

Related to EPIGRAMMATIC

Synonyms

aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact, compendious, crisp, curt, elliptical (or elliptic), concise, laconic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, telegraphic, terse, thumbnail

Antonyms

circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy

Related Words

abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), short, snippety, snippy; abbreviated, abridged, condensed, curtailed, shortened; meaty, substantial; meaningful, significant; well-turned

Near Antonyms

pleonastic, redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologous; enlarged, expanded, supplemented; embellished, embroidered, exaggerated, inflated

Rhymes with EPIGRAMMATIC

adiabatic, aristocratic, asymptomatic, axiomatic, diagrammatic, electrostatic, gerontocratic, homeostatic, idiomatic, melodramatic, meritocratic, monochromatic, paradigmatic, physiocratic, psychodramatic, psychosomatic, soap-operatic, undemocratic, undiplomatic