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

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024

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.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2022

During the long development section of “Trio,” I adore a few briefer groupings of notes that reflect Young’s early enthusiasm for the Second Viennese School — particularly Webern’s epigrammatic style.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022

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

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