epigrammatist

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epigrammatist
Noun
  • Her counterpart is Nigel's love interest, Portia (Autumn Hurlbert), who defies her double entendre-dropping Puritan father, Brother Jeremiah (Scott Cote), to pursue the sonneteer.
    Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2017
  • A sonnet is addressed to an indifferent object of passion; even if the actual lover warms up, the sonneteer can’t become too easily complacent—a dark lady suddenly sunny produces no one’s idea of a poem.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2017
Noun
  • The mark that Jewish composers and lyricists left on Broadway and on the Great American Songbook is indelible, from the Gershwins to Stephen Sondheim to Leonard Bernstein.
    David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
  • Classical Field In Classical Categories, composers and lyricists/librettists are now eligible for GRAMMY recognition alongside all other key creative personnel including artists, producers, and engineers on winning albums.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Martin and his merry band of Coldplay troubadours – guitarist Jonny Buckland, bass player Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion – unleashed their infectious brand of rock May 31 on an adoring California crowd to kick off the final leg of a three year tour that wraps in London this September.
    Marco della Cava, USA Today, 2 June 2025
  • And the troubadour legend, who haunted those same Village clubs during that same time, was…a bit underwhelmed.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2025
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“Epigrammatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epigrammatist. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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