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Epigram

Epigram Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Epigram? [n] a witty saying Synonyms \| Synonyms for Epigram: quip Related Terms \| Find terms related to Epigram: abridgment \| adage \| alba \| ana \| anacreontic \| analects \| aphorism \| apophthegm \| apothegm \| Atticism \| axiom \| balada \| ballad \| ballade \| bon mot \| boutade \| bright idea \| bright thought \| brilliant idea \| bucolic \| byword \| canso \| catchword \| chanson \| clerihew \| collected sayings \| conceit \| crack \| current saying \| dictate \| dictum \| dirge \| distich \| dithyramb \| double entendre \| eclogue \| elegy \| English sonnet \| epic \| epithalamium \| epode \| epopee \| epopoeia \| epos \| equivoque \| expression \| facetiae \| flash of wit \| flight of wit \| georgic \| ghazel \| gibe \| gnome \| golden saying \| haiku \| happy thought \| Horatian ode \| idyll \| Italian sonnet \| jeu de mots \| jingle \| limerick \| lyric \| madrigal \| maxim \| monody \| moral \| mot \| motto \| narrative poem \| nasty crack \| nursery rhyme \| ode \| oracle \| palinode \| paronomasia \| pastoral \| pastoral elegy \| pastorela \| pastourelle \| persiflage \| Petrarchan sonnet \| phrase \| Pindaric ode \| pithy saying \| play of wit \| play on words \| pleasantry \| poem \| precept \| prescript \| prothalamium \| proverb \| proverbial saying \| proverbs \| pun \| quip \| quips and cranks \| repartee \| retort \| rhyme \| riposte \| rondeau \| rondel \| roundel \| roundelay \| sally \| Sapphic ode \| satire \| saw \| saying \| scintillation \| sentence \| sententious expression \| sestina \| Shakespearean sonnet \| sloka \| smart crack \| smart saying \| snappy comeback \| song \| sonnet \| sonnet sequence \| stock saying \| stroke of wit \| sutra \| tanka \| teaching \| tenso \| tenzone \| text \| threnody \| triolet \| troubadour poem \| turn of phrase \| turn of thought \| verse \| verselet \| versicle \| villanelle \| virelay \| wisdom \| wisdom literature \| wise saying \| wisecrack \| witticism \| word \| words of wisdom See Also \| expression \| locution \| saying Epigram In Webster's Dictionary \Ep"i*gram\, n. [L. epigramma, fr. Gr. ? inscription, epigram, fr. ? to write upon, 'epi` upon + ? to write: cf. F. ['e]pigramme. See {Graphic}.] 1. A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character. Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram? --Shak. Note: Epigrams were originally inscription on tombs, statues, temples, triumphal arches, etc. 2. An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose. 3. The style of the epigram. Antithesis, i. e., bilateral stroke, is the soul of epigram in its later and technical signification. --B. Cracroft.

Epigram Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Epigram?

[n] a witty saying

Synonyms | Synonyms for Epigram: quip

See Also | expression | locution | saying

Epigram In Webster's Dictionary

\Ep"i*gram\, n. [L. epigramma, fr. Gr. ? inscription,
epigram, fr. ? to write upon, 'epi` upon + ? to write: cf. F.
['e]pigramme. See {Graphic}.]
1. A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single
   thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to
   surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of
   thought, and is often satirical in character.

         Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram?
                                               --Shak.

Note: Epigrams were originally inscription on tombs, statues,
      temples, triumphal arches, etc.

2. An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply
   expressed, whether in verse or prose.

3. The style of the epigram.

         Antithesis, i. e., bilateral stroke, is the soul of
         epigram in its later and technical signification.
                                               --B. Cracroft.

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