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Epigram

epigram
(epigrams) An epigram is a short saying or poem which expresses an idea in a very clever and amusing way. N-COUNT
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   noun  Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Latin ~mat-, ~ma, from Greek, from epigraphein to write on, inscribe, from epi- + graphein to write — more at carve  Date: 15th century  1. a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought  2. a terse, sage, or witty and often paradoxical saying  3. ~matic expression  • ~matism noun  • ~matist noun ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  n. 1 a short poem with a witty ending. 2 a pointed saying. 3 a pointed mode of expression. Derivatives epigrammatic adj. epigrammatically adv. epigrammatist n. epigrammatize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise). Etymology: F {eacute}pigramme or L epigramma f. Gk epigramma -atos (as EPI-, -GRAM) ...
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3.
  1. сентенция; краткое выразительное, остроумное речение 2. эпиграмма ...
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  noun эпиграмма Syn: see proverb ...
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  ~ n a short sentence that expresses an idea in a clever or amusing way ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  - early 15c., from Gk. epigramma "an inscription, epitaph, epigram," from epigraphein "to write on, inscribe," from epi- "on" + graphein "write." ...
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