Epigram

Definition:

  • (n.) A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character.
  • (n.) An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose.
  • (n.) The style of the epigram.

Compare epigram with other words:

epigram vs. quip

epigram vs. epigrammatizer

epigram vs. epigrammatical

epigram vs. paradox

epigram vs. epigraph

epigram vs. epigrammatically

epigram vs. epitaph

epigram vs. satire

apothegm vs. epigram

aphoristic vs. epigram

epigram vs. monogram

epigram vs. epigrammatist

epigram vs. poem

epigram vs. epigrammatic

epigram vs. pithy

epigram vs. saying

epigram vs. short

epigram vs. witty

brief vs. epigram

epigram vs. inscription

aphorism vs. epigram