epigram
nounUK, US /ˈɛpɪɡɹæm/
Etymology From Middle French epigramme, from Latin epigramma, from Ancient Greek ἐπίγραμμα (epígramma, “inscription”).
1
Obsolete An inscription in stone.
2
A brief but witty saying.
3
A short, witty or pithy poem.
- The second has written a sonnet upon the mutability of woman, And the third writes an epigram to Candidia.1916, Ezra Pound, Lustra, The Three Poets:
- Derived terms
- epigrammist
- Related terms
- epigrammatic, epigrammatist, epigraph