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单词 epigram
释义 epigram
 /ep"i gram'/,  n.  
  1. any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.
  2. epigrammatic expression: Oscar Wilde had a genius for epigram.
  3. a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a witty or ingenious turn of thought.
 [1400-50; late ME < L epigramma < Gk epígramma inscription, epigram. See EPI-, -GRAM1]
 Syn. 1. witticism, quip, bon mot.
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