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EPIGRAMMATIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does epigrammatic mean?
• EPIGRAMMATIC (adjective)
The adjective EPIGRAMMATIC has 1 sense:
1. terse and witty and like a maxim
Familiarity information: EPIGRAMMATIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Terse and witty and like a maxim
Synonyms:
aphoristic; apothegmatic; epigrammatic
Context example:
much given to apothegmatic instruction
Similar:
concise (expressing much in few words)
Derivation:
epigram (a witty saying)
Context examples
"Don't be literary," she pouted, with growing tenderness. "I never did like epigrammatic discussion. Besides, I'm not afraid to ask you to forgive me."
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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