Meanings
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noun
A short, witty or pithy poem.
The second has written a sonnet upon the mutability of woman, And the third writes an epigram to Candidia.
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Word family
Forms
epigrammatic
Derived forms
epigrammist
Related forms
epigrammaticepigrammatistepigraph
Etymology
From Middle French epigramme, from Latin epigramma, from Ancient Greek ἐπίγραμμα (epígramma, “inscription”).