epigrammatic

Also ep·i·gram·mat·i·cal

[ep-i-gruh-mat-ik]

adjective

1. of or like an epigram; terse and ingenious in expression.

2. containing or favoring the use of epigrams.

Other Word Forms

• epigrammatically adverb
• epigrammatism noun
• nonepigrammatic adjective
• nonepigrammatically adverb
• unepigrammatic adjective
• unepigrammatically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of epigrammatic¹

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