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.
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Epigram
//ˈɛpɪɡɹæm//
Synonyms for "epigram" (151 found)
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43 translations across 22 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- epigram noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- ἐπίγραμμα noun (inscription in stone)
- ἐπίγραμμα noun (brief but witty saying)
- ἐπίγραμμα noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
Bulgarian
2 entries- епиграма noun (brief but witty saying)
- епиграма noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 警句 noun (brief but witty saying)
Czech
1 entries- epigram noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
Dutch
2 entries- epigram noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
- hekelrijm noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
Esperanto
1 entries- epigramo noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
Finnish
2 entries- epigrammi noun (brief but witty saying)
- epigrammi noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
French
3 entries- épigramme noun (inscription in stone)
- épigramme noun (brief but witty saying)
- épigramme noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
German
4 entries- Epigramm noun (inscription in stone)
- Epigramm noun (brief but witty saying)
- Epigramm noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
- Sinngedicht noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
Greek
3 entries- επίγραμμα noun (inscription in stone)
- επίγραμμα noun (brief but witty saying)
- επίγραμμα noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
Hungarian
3 entries- epigramma noun (inscription in stone)
- epigramma noun (brief but witty saying)
- epigramma noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
Irish
1 entries- burdún noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
Japanese
1 entries- 警句 noun (brief but witty saying)
Korean
1 entries- 경구 noun (brief but witty saying)
Latin
3 entries- epigramma noun (inscription in stone)
- epigramma noun (brief but witty saying)
- epigramma noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
Polish
1 entries- epigram noun (inscription in stone)
Russian
4 entries- афори́зм noun (brief but witty saying)
- сенте́нция noun (brief but witty saying)
- эпигра́мма noun (inscription in stone)
- эпигра́мма noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
Spanish
3 entries- epigrama noun (inscription in stone)
- epigrama noun (brief but witty saying)
- epigrama noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
Swedish
1 entries- epigram noun (short, witty or pithy poem)
Tagalog
1 entries- tugmatiyaw noun (brief but witty saying)
Thai
1 entries- คำคม noun (brief but witty saying)
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Some learned writers have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram, because as the sting of the Scorpion lies in the tail, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion.
Source: tatoeba (734414)
An epigram is a short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterized by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom.
Source: tatoeba (3149996)
The second has written a sonnet upon the mutability of woman, And the third writes an epigram to Candidia.
Source: wiktionary
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