epigrammatic

[ ep-i-gruh-mat-ik ]

/ ˌɛp ɪ grəˈmæt ɪk /

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adjective

of 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 epigrammatic

1695–1705; <Latin epigrammaticus<Greek epigrammatikós, equivalent to epigrammat- (stem of epígramma) epigram + -ikos-ic

OTHER WORDS FROM epigrammatic

ep·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 epigrammatic

epignathous, epigone, Epigoni, epigonus, epigram, epigrammatic, epigrammatize, epigraph, epigraphic, epigraphy, epigynous

Example sentences from the Web for epigrammatic

It 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.
Instigations|Ezra Pound