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epigrammatic, a.|ˌɛpɪgrəˈmætɪk|
[f. L. epigrammat-, Gr. ἐπιγραµµατ-, stem of ἐπίγραµµα (see epigram) + -ic.]
Of or pertaining to epigrams; of the nature, or in the style, of an epigram; concise, pointed.
a1704T. Brown Praise of Poverty Wks. 1730 I. 94 An epigrammatick poem is more charming than Homer or Virgil. 1750H. Walpole Lett. H. Mann (1834) II. No. 213. 335 The sting is very epigrammatic. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 674 Martial, of Spain, the epigrammatic poet. 1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. I. i. 18 The logic of wit, conveyed in smooth and strong epigrammatic couplets. 1841–4Emerson Ess. xvi. Manners Wks. (Bohn) I. 217 Scott's..lords brave each other in smart epigrammatic speeches. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. V. xli. 4 He wrote with vivacity and sometimes with epigrammatic terseness. |