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epigrammatize, v.|ɛpɪˈgræmətaɪz|
[ad. Gr. ἐπιγραµµατίζειν, f. ἐπίγραµµα (see epigram).]
1. intr. To compose epigrams; to speak or write in the epigrammatic style.
1811Ann. Reg. 40 They may pun and epigrammatise. 1872Liddon Elem. Relig. vi. 210 Men do not..epigrammatize with the bitterness of Voltaire.
2. trans. To express in the form of an epigram, or with epigrammatic brevity and point.
1691Wood Ath. Oxon. I. 125 These answers are Epigrammatiz'd by an admired Muse of our Nation. 1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 318 Voltaire..epigrammatized the same thought when he said, Le superflu, chose très-nécessaire.
3. To make the subject of an epigram.
1862Thornbury Turner I. 9 Voltaire was epigrammatized by Young.
Hence epiˈgrammatizer, one who epigrammatizes; epiˈgrammatizing vbl. n.
1870Lowell Study Wind. (1886) 363 He was..the condenser and epigrammatiser of Bolingbroke. 1872Hindley in J. Taylor's (Water Poet) Wks. p. vii, His poetizing, epigrammatizing, and anagrammatizing on passing events. |