Epigram
//ˈɛpɪɡɹæm// noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An inscription in stone. obsolete
- 2 a witty saying wordnet
- 3 A brief but witty saying.
- 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."
Example
More examples"Some learned writers have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram, because as the sting of the Scorpion lyeth in the tayl, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion."
Etymology
From Middle French epigramme, from Latin epigramma, from Ancient Greek ἐπίγραμμα (epígramma, “inscription”).
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