epigrammatize

American

[ep-i-gram-uh-tahyz] / ˌɛp ɪˈgræm əˌtaɪz /

especially British, epigrammatise

verb (used with object)

epigrammatized, epigrammatizing

to express in epigrams.
to make epigrams about (a person or thing).

verb (used without object)

epigrammatized, epigrammatizing

to make epigrams.

epigrammatize British

/ ˌɛpɪˈɡræməˌtaɪz /

verb

to make an epigram or epigrams (about)

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Other Word Forms

epigrammatism noun
epigrammatist noun

Etymology

Origin of epigrammatize

1685–95; < Greek epigrammatízein; epigrammatic + -ize

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