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View synonyms for epigrammatic

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.



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Other Word Forms

  • epigrammatically adverb
  • epigrammatism noun
  • nonepigrammatic adjective
  • nonepigrammatically adverb
  • unepigrammatic adjective
  • unepigrammatically adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of epigrammatic1

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

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But he does remember hearing the warm laughter after his first barbed, epigrammatic zinger, and realizing that he could, in fact, do this.

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For the next 10 minutes or so, Godard, smoking his familiar cigar, meditates on this vexing, evergreen question with his characteristic intelligence, opacity and epigrammatic wit.

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The book, Dwight writes, is “sly,” “devious,” by turns “helplessly epigrammatic” and “completely great, except for when it isn’t.”

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While the Adams style generated a host of memorable epigrammatic flashes, it was the worst-possible vehicle for sustaining the diplomatic niceties.

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Husson films “Mothering Sunday” in extreme close-ups and quick, epigrammatic shots, jumping back and forth in time to Jane and Josh’s meeting “before the boys were killed,” and forward to the 1950s and beyond.

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