epigram

C2 Topic:Art & Music
US /ˈɛpəˌgræm/ UK /ˈɛpɪɡɹæm/
noun Freq #109139

Meanings

  1. 1
    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.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms epigrammatic
Derived forms epigrammist
Related forms epigrammaticepigrammatistepigraph

Etymology

From Middle French epigramme, from Latin epigramma, from Ancient Greek ἐπίγραμμα (epígramma, “inscription”).

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