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(epigrams) An epigram is a short saying or poem which expresses an idea in a very clever and amusing way. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- early 15c., from Gk. epigramma "an inscription, epitaph, epigram," from epigraphein "to write on, inscribe," from epi- "on" + graphein "write." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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