epigrammatic

[ ep-i-gruh-mat-ik ]

/ ˌɛp ɪ grəˈmæt ɪk /

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

containing or favoring the use of epigrams.

Nearby words

Also ep·i·gram·mat·i·cal.

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

ep·i·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbep·i·gram·ma·tism

[ep-i-gram-uh-tiz-uh m] /ˌɛp ɪˈgræm əˌtɪz əm/, nounnon·ep·i·gram·mat·ic, adjectivenon·ep·i·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

un·ep·i·gram·mat·ic, adjectiveun·ep·i·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

He is full of clever and witty, paradoxical and epigrammatical, surprises.
The Black Cat|John Todhunter
Religious meditation does not harmonise with epigrammatical satire.
Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.)|Leslie Stephen