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Epigram

//ˈɛpɪɡɹæm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An inscription in stone. obsolete
  2. 2
    a witty saying wordnet
  3. 3
    A brief but witty saying.
  4. 4
    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."

Etymology

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

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