| 单词 | epigrammatic |
| 释义 | epigrammatic (once / 9793 pages) adj Something that's epigrammatic is short and clever. An aphorism or maxim — a witty, concise saying — is epigrammatic. A poem, statement, or joke that's short and sweet is epigrammatic. Dorothy Parker wrote, "Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone,” and many other epigrammatic phrases. Oscar Wilde was also known for clever epigrammatic writing, such as "I can resist anything except temptation." You can call both examples epigrams, "clever, pithy sayings," from the Greek root epigramma, "inscription in verse." WORD FAMILYepigrammatic: epigrammatically+/epigram: epigrammatic, epigrams USAGE EXAMPLESFor a while, you may wonder if there is more to this enigmatic, epigrammatic movie than a string of clever allusions and linguistic puzzles. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) It’s as if expansive Mahlerian phrases are condensed into short, epigrammatic gestures, almost fragments. New York Times(Nov 11, 2016) Thirty-four fragments of his works remain, which convey, said Wright, “a Wildean wit – they are so beautiful, so elegant and so epigrammatic”. The Guardian(Nov 10, 2016) adj terse and witty and like a maxim Syn aphoristic, apothegmatic concise expressing much in few words |
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