epigrammatic
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- adjective
- /ˌɛpɪɡrəˈmætɪk/
- Literature
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epigramático
- Her speech was filled with epigrammatic phrases that captured complex ideas in a few succinct words.
Examples
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Few who have read Maria Stewart's essays, some of which are early examples of feminist militancy, can forget her use of the epigrammatic style several years before Emerson popularized it.
Academic text (1992) -
(n76) Systematically, in epigrammatic form.
Academic text (2007) -
"Twenty centuries later, we still don't seem to have learned his epigrammatic lesson:
Blog text (7) -
Lincoln's famous epigrammatic definition appears to be widely accepted as a necessary attribute of a democratic government.
Academic text (2004) -
De Mille sums up this devil's bargain in the epigrammatic phrase: "Outraged nature must have backed up on her from time to time and taken blackmail payments."
Academic text (1994) -
Jee Leong Koh's evocative take on the world is that of a very astute documentarian; he is almost epigrammatic in his observations.
Blog text (5) -
Niebuhr's epigrammatic justification of democracy will suffice for economic democracy: The human capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but the human inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
Academic text (1995) -
Furthermore, it is only in the epigrammatic compositions of Los trabajos y las noches (1965) where Pizarnik speaks sustainedly to another in anything like amatory terms.
Academic text (1994) -
Oscar Wilde is known for his epigrammatic wit, often using short, clever statements to critique society.
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The book is filled with epigrammatic comments that highlight the absurdities of modern life.
Synonyms
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Quick clever remarks that make people laugh
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Expressing ideas in short, wise phrases that are easy to remember
Expressing ideas in short, clever phrases that are easy to remember
Being short and clever like a wise saying
Expressing ideas in short, wise statements
Speaking in short, wise sayings that sound puzzling
How Witty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word epigrammatic comes from epigram, which is made from old Greek parts epi- 'on' and -gram 'writing', and an epigram was a very short, written line like a quick joke. So, epigrammatic means saying something in a short, clever way.