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epigram::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | quip |
| Type of | expression, locution, saying |
| Derivation | epigrammatic |
Examples of epigram
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The bronze epigram commemorated Pope Clement XI's restoration of the sanctuary.
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Greek epigram was actually much more diverse, as the Milan Papyrus now indicates.
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The epigram bears to this day the form impressed upon it by his unrivalled skill.
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Last of all comes the epigram or fragment of Domitius Marsus already referred to.
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The bridge was also adorned by an inscription bearing an epigram by Agathias.
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At his best, Vidal can turn an epigram with the wittiest of the 19th century.
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The fourteenth is a little epigram of four lines with nothing to determine its authorship.
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The epigram suited the Byzantine taste for the ornamental and for intellectual ingenuity.
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Perhaps this epigram sums up the function of poetry in human society.
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- A witty saying
- An epigram is a brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement. Derived from the Greek: u1F10u03C0u03AFu03B3u03C1u03B1u03BCu03BCu03B1 epigramma "inscription" from u1F10u03C0u03B9u03B3u03C1u03ACu03C6u03B5u03B9u03BD epigraphein "to write on, to inscribe", this literary device has been employed for over two millennia.
- Epigram (foaled 1949 in Ontario) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1952 Queen's Plate, Canada's most prestigious race and North America's oldest annually run stakes race.
- Epigram is the independent student newspaper of the University of Bristol. It was established in 1988 by James Landale, now a senior BBC journalist, who studied politics at Bristol. The former editor of The Daily Telegraph, William Lewis, was a writer for Epigram in its early years.
- Epigram is the name of a functional programming language with dependent types and of the IDE usually packaged with it. Epigram's type system is strong enough to express program specifications. ...
- (Epigrams) 1970, rev 1973. Fl, koto (piano). Ms. Opus One No. 46 (K. Weisgarber fl, Hoy piano)
- Witty, condensed expression. The closing couplet in some of Shakepeare's sonnets is often described as an epigram.
- A brief, pointed, and witty poem that usually makes a satiric or humorous point, oftentimes written in couplets.
- (from Greek epigramma "an inscription"): (1) An inscription in verse or prose on a building, tomb, or coin. ...
