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[ ep-i-gruh-mat-ik ] / ˌɛp ɪ grəˈmæt ɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR epigrammatic ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof or like an epigram; terse and ingenious in expression. containing or favoring the use of epigrams. Also ep·i·gram·mat·i·cal . Origin of epigrammatic1695–1705; <Latin epigrammaticus<Greek epigrammatikós, equivalent to epigrammat- (stem of epígramma) epigram + -ikos-ic OTHER WORDS FROM epigrammaticep·i·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbep·i·gram·ma·tism [ep-i-gram-uh-tiz-uhm], /ˌɛp ɪˈgræm əˌtɪz əm/, nounnon·ep·i·gram·mat·ic, adjectivenon·ep·i·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb un·ep·i·gram·mat·ic, adjectiveun·ep·i·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb Words nearby epigrammaticepignathous, epigone, Epigoni, epigonus, epigram, epigrammatic, epigrammatize, epigraph, epigraphic, epigraphy, epigynous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for epigrammaticIt is to me the ultimate book about Spain—not a big book, but a wise, enlightened one, epigrammatic and perceptive. Book Bag: Paul Theroux’s Favorite Inner-Journey Travel Books|Paul Theroux|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST His style has been criticised, and has been called affected and epigrammatic. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845|Various This has the advantage of the others in brevity and epigrammatic point. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians|G. G. Findlay Not the melody only, but the often audacious, epigrammatic philosophy of her tongue as well, sold her calas and gingercakes. The Grandissimes|George Washington Cable
Epigrammatic remark—Though somewhat down in the mouth he kept a stiff upper lip. Turns about Town|Robert Cortes Holliday We next note a contact with the "Yellow Book," a dip into "cleverness," into the epigrammatic genre, the bare epigrammatic style.
Words related to epigrammaticpithy, terse, witty |