Poetic epigram

ep·i·gram (

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)

1. A short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation.

2. A concise, clever, often paradoxical statement. See Synonyms at saying.

3. Epigrammatic discourse or expression.

[Middle English, from Old French epigramme, from Latin epigramma, from Greek, from epigraphein, to mark the surface, inscribe : epi-, epi- + graphein, to write; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]

epigram [ˈɛpɪˌgræm]

1. a witty, often paradoxical remark, concisely expressed

2. (Literature / Poetry) a short, pungent, and often satirical poem, esp one having a witty and ingenious ending

[from Latin epigramma, from Greek: inscription, from epigraphein to write upon, from graphein to write]

epigrammatic adj

epigrammatically adv

epigram

a pithy statement, often containing a paradox. — epigrammatist, n.

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