epigrammatic

American  

[ep-i-gruh-mat-ik] / ˌɛp ɪ grəˈmæt ɪk /

Also epigrammatical

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

Etymology

Origin of epigrammatic

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

Example Sentences

Grant unfolds her story in epigrammatic fashion, moving gracefully in time, drawing parallels between multiple generations.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2020

And yet, line for line, her epigrammatic style perhaps most recalls that of Emily Dickinson in its radical compression of images and ideas into a few chiseled lines.

From Washington Times • Sep. 2, 2020

Scanlan removes all that in favor of epigrammatic bursts of language, sometimes as few as four words on a page.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2019

He gives his characters some dinner-party wit that, when it sticks close to their experience, offers a spritz of epigrammatic effervescence.

From The New Yorker • May 3, 2019

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

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis